Operation flood program in india

Operation Flood's Phase II increased the milksheds from 18 to ; urban markets expanded the outlets for milk. By the end of , a self-sustaining system of 43, village cooperatives covering 4.

Domestic milk powder production increased from 22, tons in the pre-project year to , tons by , all of the increase coming from dairies set up under Operation Flood. Direct marketing of milk by producers' cooperatives increased by several million litres a day. Phase III. Phase III enabled dairy cooperatives to expand and strengthen the infrastructure required to procure and market increasing volumes of milk.

Veterinary first-aid health care services, feed and artificial insemination services for cooperative members were extended, along with intensified member education. Operation Flood's Phase III consolidated India's dairy cooperative movement, adding 30, new dairy cooperatives to the 42, existing societies organised during Phase II.

Milksheds peaked to in with the numbers of women members and Women's Dairy Cooperative Societies increasing significantly. Phase III gave increased emphasis to research and development in animal health and animal nutrition.

Innovations like vaccine for Theileriosis , bypass protein feed and urea-molasses mineral blocks, all contributed to the enhanced productivity of milch animals.

From the outset, Operation Flood was conceived and implemented as much more than a dairy programme. Rather, dairying was seen as an instrument of development, generating employment and regular incomes for millions of rural people. Find us on. Phase III gave increased emphasis to research and development in animal health and animal nutrition.

Innovations like vaccine for Theileriosis, bypassing protein feed and urea-molasses mineral blocks , all contributed to the enhanced productivity of milch animals. The targets set have either been effectively achieved or exceeded. However, procurement targets could not be reached as private agencies started procuring milk from the cooperative villages, following the new delicensing policy under the Government's program of economic liberalization. The conditions for long-term growth in procurement have been created.

An assured market and remunerative producer prices for raw milk, technical input services including AI, balanced cattle feed and emergency veterinary health services have all contributed to sustained increases in milk production. Three state-of-the-art dairies designed to produce quality products for both the domestic and export markets have been commissioned.

While the demand for milk was rising under Operation Flood the total cattle population remained more or less static. If milk production had to be increased. Non-descript cows had to be crossbred with exotic semen to increase their milk production to make them more efficient converters of feed. With this objective in mind, thrust was given to intensive research and development in animal husbandry. Today, animal breeding is an integration of three major areas, artificial insemination and quantitative genetic techniques, embryo transfer and embryo micro manipulation techniques and biotechnology and genetics engineering.

The optimal genetic improvement can be achieved by making use of developments in each of these areas. Operation Flood which started in , concluded its Third Phase in Looking at what Operation Flood has achieved in milk, not simply at the application of science and technology, though both have played a role, not looking simply at the creation of farmer-owned structures, though such structures have been necessary to success, but at all of this, combined with the orchestration of all policies and programs that affect production.

Further, they ensure to the extent possible, that these support mechanism strengthen efforts, rather than stand as obstacles. Frontier technologies like DNA vaccines and genetically engineered bovine somatotropin, embryo transfer technology and in vitro fertilization of oocytes. The story of Operation Flood can be seen through three angles. One is to consider what it did to the dairy industry. Another point of view is from the eyes of the small farmer.

Operation Flood has also established a pattern of success for other countries to follow. Operation Flood's objectives included: Increase milk production "a flood of milk" Augment rural incomes Fair prices for consumers Programme Implementation: Operation Flood was implemented in three phases.

Phase I Traditionally, India has been an importer of dairy products. Phase III Phase III — enabled dairy cooperatives to expand and strengthen the infrastructure required to procure and market increasing volumes of milk.

If milk production had to be increased The buffalo and milk breeds of cattle had to be upgraded Non-descript cows had to be crossbred with exotic semen to increase their milk production to make them more efficient converters of feed.