NEW DELHI, March 19 -- Dairy experts from various dairy industries in the world on Sunday emphasised increasing the percentage of milk being processed. On the valedictory function of the three-day Global Alumni-cum-Scientific Summit at the NDRI, the experts, who are alumni of the NDRI and have excelled in their field, pointed out that at present, the dairy processing sector in India was growing at the rate of 15 per cent, but it should be increased to the 50 per cent of the total production.

They also pointed out that the dairy sector provided many other career opportunities, such as analytical testing services, feed and fodder management, dairy equipment manufacturing, dairy packaging, new product development, and cold chain management. ...