“Quality Mark”
Award scheme for
dairy cooperatives
initiated by NDDB
As part of the innovative
safe and quality of milk
and products both for
the domestic and foreign
market. The quality mark
scheme was rolled out
on 6th January-2016
after deliberating
on the process and
award mechanism
for over a year.
Odisha govt signs MoU
with Gates Foundation
to transform agriculture
initiatives under the
“White Revolution”
umbrella Schemes, the
Department of Animal
Husbandry, Dairying and
Fisheries has supported
the National Dairy
Development Board
(NDDB) developed
initiative of “Quality
Mark” Award Scheme
for dairy Cooperatives to
promote and encourage
enhancement of safety,
quality and hygiene of
milk and milk products
manufactured by
dairy cooperatives.
It is aimed at bringing
about process
improvement in the
entire value chain from
producer to the consumer
to ensure availability of
The Department
of Agriculture and
Farmers’ Empowerment
(DOA&FE), Government
of Odisha, and the
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation have
signed a Memorandum
of Understanding
(MoU) to further the
objectives of improving
the lives of smallholder
farmers and promoting
inclusive agricultural
transformation in Odisha.
In the presence of
Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik, the agreement
was signed by Mr Hari
Ballav Mishra, Director
of Agriculture and Food
Production, Government
of Odisha and Dr Nick
Austin. Director of
Agricultural Development
at the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation.
The MoU will formalize
a partnership between
the State Government
and the Foundation to
accelerate the State’s
agriculture programme
and improve the lives of
smallholder farmers in
Odisha. The MoU will
allow the Government
and the Foundation
to partner on
agriculture projects,
including a project
to improve data
management, analysis
and use within
the Department of
Agriculture. Other
activities may
include expansion
of biofortified
crops in Odisha,
generating evidence on
that new developments
in plant science aid in
global water conservation.
policy issues pertaining
to farmers’ income, land,
women in agriculture,
and crop diversification
and developing
joint programmes
on soil diagnostics
and agronomic
inputs targeting.
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