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NEWS LETTER KRIMANSHI C NNECT ISSUE : 2, VOLUME : 1 FEBUARY 2020 KRIMANSHI TO SIGN MOU WITH ARUNACHAL GOVERNMENT Krimanshi secured the first runner up spot, in first-ever Arunachal Pradesh Social Entrepreneurship Meet and will receive a grant of Rs 15 lakh and is to sign MoU with Arunachal Pradesh Government. A runachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on inaugurated the two-day Entrepreneurship meet, APSEM 2020 at the DK Auditorium of the State Legislative Assembly in Itanagar. The meet, first of its kind, is an initiative by the Arunachal Pradesh government to usher an environment of social innovation and entrepreneurship in the state. APSEM 2020 is a platform created by the Arunachal government to collaborate with promising start-ups that could work towards the socio-economic problems in the northeast region at large and help to uplift the rural economy of Arunachal Pradesh. Krimanshi is working in animal feed production, primarily in dairy and is bringing innovation by establishing a new supply chain for unconventional feeds in the Animal Feed sector. It is also started formulating and piloting pig, poultry and fish feed production as well. Krimanshi is already leading on all fronts as it was earlier lauded by Kerala Government for its sustainable approach and was also recently placed in the list of 95 Animal Agtech Startups, a study led by THRIVE. After waving flags in two states Rajasthan and Karnataka, Krimanshi is now ready to start functioning in Arunachal Pradesh also. It's a matter of an extensive pride for the complete team of Krimanshi as the Chief Minister welcomed them to formulate their idea into operation. After waving ags in two states Rajasthan and Team also met Sh. N.D. Minto who assured extensive ground Karnataka, Krimanshi is now ready to start support to establish dairy and pig feed formulation for the state functioning in Arunachal Pradesh also. It's a livestock farmers. This news is a kick start for the Krimanshi's matter of great pride for the complete team of vision to sustain enormous livestock population and build a Krimanshi as the Chief Minister welcomed better future for not only our farmers but also our nation at them to formulate their idea into operation. whole. Krimanshi believes that a world with farmers means a world with food security. 01 KRIMANSHI C NNECT

Cattle Breeder I India one of the twelve mega biodiversity countries in the world, is home to large Rohit Khandelwal di versified cattle genetic resources. C In an interview to Krimanshi Connect, Rohit Khandelwal, the founder of ZEBU Breeding and onservation, shares about the huge diversity of indigenous breeds of cattle in India. 1. What is the importance of preserving native cattle breeds? IB). The NBGC-IB will pave way for systematic and fast pace improvement of the precious indigenous animal resources using Mother Nature has given different breeds of cattle to every part of the highly precise gene based technology. All these steps promise to give world as per local climatic condition, so do in Indian Sub-Continent. a long term sustainable solution to both livelihood and security of India is blessed with a huge biodiversity of 43 indigenous cattle about 70 million farming community of India as well as provide breeds and 13 Buffalo breeds which have survived over last hundreds nutritional security to the country. of years in respect of their suitability for specific purposes in the concerned local environment. There are 43 recognized indigenous An initiative has been taken up for establishment of a breeds of cattle in India, in addition to large number of non-descript National Bovine Genomics Centre for Indigenous Breeds cattle. In recent times, several of the indigenous breeds suffered (NBGC-IB). The NBGC-IB will pave way for systematic and decline/extinction mainly due to their becoming uneconomical. fast pace improvement of the precious indigenous animal Drought breeds utility has decreased because of mechanization in resources using highly precise gene based technology. agriculture. 3. Is this the right time to introduce a separate ministry of Animal The local/indigenous breeds have following merits over exotic Husbandry in India? And what is the scope of commercial animal breeds viz: husbandry in the coming decades in India? • Better disease resistance than exotic breeds • Suitable for low input Dairying and Animal Husbandry contributes around Rs 7.7 lakh management system • Survive better in local environment/climate crore per year to the GDP which is around 4.2 per cent of National (no heat stress) • Maintain high milk production in hot climate GDP. It has emerged as a primary source of income for about 7 crore • Suitable for drought work • ProduceA2 milk rural households – most of them are either landless, small or marginal farmers. Animal Husbandry and dairying is contributing around 30 In addition, existence of superior indigenous breeds can provide per cent of total agriculture GDP. It is therefore most appropriate time valuable research inputs for developing superior breeds. It is that a separate ministry is created which would ensure proper focus therefore important that native/Indigenous breeds of cattle are and right budget and resource allocation that the sector required. conserved, developed and proliferated. 4. What are the hot sectors in Animal Husbandry which have great 2. Share your views regarding the contribution of the Indian scope in future? Government for the cattle and dairy development. In my opinion breeding & production of indigenous milch cattle & A latest decision has been made to allocate separate budget to control buffalos, unconventional animal feed, silage manufacturing and state Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis. By vaccinating all of the art dairy farms of indigenous cattle will have a great future. bovine animals against FMD and Brucellosis, can reduce the milk production loss which is directly beneficial to milk producer farmers. 5. How can one improve health, nutrition and livestock productivity? Apart from National Disease Eradication Program (NDEP), another Best quality animal feed, adequate green fodder or silage in long distance shot made by launching National Artificial recommended quantity to the animals is the only factor by which Insemination Program (NAIP), these two will be game changer health, nutrition & productivity can be improved in livestock. program for the animal husbandry sector in India and will contribute in increasing the income of dairy farmers. 6. Your message for budding entrepreneurs working in the eld of Breed Conservation? In this context, another initiative has been taken namely, “E- PashuHaat”, the e-market portal for bovine germplasm which Budding entrepreneurs shall take breed conservation as commercial provides real time data on availability of high quality germplasm activity rather than conventional one. There is no trusted source of along with identification and traceability of germplasm sold through supply of quality breeding stock in the country, complete cattle trade e-market, connecting breeders, State agencies and stake holders. market is unorganized and in the hand of traders/brokers. People working in breed conservation should identify the potential in this Modern technologies like sexing of semen are being taken up to sector and work accordingly to exploit the potential of the animal regulate the sex ratio and to produce large number of progenies with husbandry sector. one sex. In advanced dairy nations, female sex sorted semen is made available to farmers to produce more number of high genetic merit People working in breed conservation should heifers to increase milk production and profitability of dairy farming. identify the potential in this sector and The sex- sorted semen technology will be standardized for indigenous breeds like Sahiwal, Hariana, Red Sindhi, Rathi and Gir work accordingly to exploit the potential of during initial phases in the near future. the animal husbandry sector.\" Further, an initiative has been taken up for establishment of a National Bovine Genomics Centre for Indigenous Breeds (NBGC- 02 KRIMANSHI C NNECT

Dairy Farmer IAnimal Husbandry is an NEERAJ PARIK Integral Part of Our Nation's Ethos M ilk is the largest crop in India in terms of value—at `6.5 lakh crore, it's more than the total value of paddy and wheat put together. In an interview to Krimanshi Connect, Neeraj Parik, the Founder & Chief Executive Ofcer at Umananda Dairy Private Limited, shares his opinion about the growing Indian Animal Husbandry Sector. 1. What is the role of Dairy Animal Husbandry Sector in Indian grams, which is the case in most developed nations. Unlike milk, Economy? which has been called a complete food “Sampoorna Aahar” right from the days of Lord Krishna and proven scientifically as well, the क त ते दा यताः सव कृ षगोर जीवनः । वातायाँ सं त ात लोकोयम् सुखमेधते।। vegan diet is deficient in many essential vitamins and minerals and those following it need to take suppliments, we believe that the Meaning - All those earning their livelihood by means of markets are completely different and there is going to be no agriculture and animal husbandry should be your favourite. overlapping for at least next few decades. As only when people keep themselves busy in Agriculture and 4. What are the hot sectors in animal husbandry which have great business does the country become a happy and prosperous. scope in future? This was an advice given by Lord Ram to Lord Bharat on the art of Since animal rearing is the most common and competitive part of the being an able administrator. This proves that animal husbandry has animal husbandry, the technology aspect seems to me as the one with been an integral part of our nation's ethos since time immemorial. maximum potential. As is being seen worldwide that technologies such as AI, IOT, Block Chain, Drone cameras, etc. all have maximum 2. What is the importance of nutrition in the diet of diary animals? potential for the agriculture and allied activities, the animal husbandry will gain the maximum from the technology aspect of A cow's life span should be anywhere close to 20 years at least the business as the future lies in scale and scale is possible only with provided she is fed a proper nutritious diet in order to be a technology. productive asset if looked at from a purely business perspective. 5. Your message for budding Entrepreneurs in the eld of Dairy and Now if the same cow is fed with sub-standard and unhealthy feed and Animal Husbandry fodder, not only does her lifespan reduces drastically but also her productive and reproductive capacity takes a major hit which is I think the Dairy and Animal Husbandry sector needs these exactly what is happening these days. This in my view, one of the youngsters more than the other way around. The biggest reason main reasons why many farmers are leaving animal husbandry. being that many of them are being attracted to the sector despite not coming from related educational backgrounds, which means there is 3. As there is a sudden rise of Vegan diets (Animal free products), how a genuine interest on their part. Since the youngsters come without will this affect the future of Dairy Sector? any previous mental baggage or a particular thought process, they look at everything from a different perspective which is a prerequisite Any healthy trend, especially something which is completely a plant for innovation and newer ideas. based diet is good for the world as whole. It also indicates that people are becoming more and more conscious about their health, which is The only advice to these youngsters is that before diving deep, they also the reason why the share of organized dairy is growing at such a should have a short stint and get some practical experience and rapid pace. understand the problems at large. This will not only prepare them for their venture but also give them an idea about the challenges that they Currently the per capita consumption of India is at par with the world will have to confront once they are on their own. average, i.e.- 350 gms per person per day. However, based on the projections and the growth trends of over the past few decades, we are KRIMANSHI C NNECT 03 looking at increasing our per capita consumption to around 850

Krimanshi amongst ECONOMICTIMES.INDIATIMES.COM HOT TOP 50 Nikhil Bohra led agritech Krimanshi aims to revolutionise the innovation-stagnant STARTUPS of 2020 Indian feed sector by creating a new value chain around unconventional feed resources by utilizing the food waste being generated to produce natural high nutrition feeds. Food security for all is a pressing issue humankind faces today. Food losses and waste amount to roughly $310 billion in developing Consider this - there will be nearly 10 billion people on Earth by countries and fruits and vegetables, plus roots and tubers have the 2050, about 3 billion more mouths to feed than there were in 2010, highest wastage rates of any food, states the UN agency. Amid such a forecasts Washington based World Resources Institute (WRI). backdrop, and inspired by the very need to change the status quo, Jodhpur-based Krimanshi Technologies has taken the plunge to make However, there is already a big shortfall between the amount of food a difference in its unique way. we produce and the amount needed to feed everyone on this planet. Adding to the irony is that roughly one-third of the food produced in READ FULL ARTICLE the world for human consumption every year - about 1.3 billion BY SHARIQ KHAN tonnes - gets lost or wasted, reports the Food and Agriculture ON ECONOMICTIMES.INDIATIMES.COM Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). 04 KRIMANSHI C NNECT