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CHANDIGARH, Dec 3: quot;The yield of some agro products in Israel is the highest in the world and the government of Israel is willing to share this technical knowhow with India,quot; said Dr Yedo Yada Haim, Ambassador, Embassy of Israel at a conference on dairy industry at Agro-Tech8217;98 here today.
Dr Haim said Israel had more than 1,000 dairy products including more than 300 kinds of cheese. quot;India should take lessons from the mistakes Israel made and try not to repeat them. Given the tremendous potential the country has in milk production, exports of milk products can earn substantial amount of foreign exchange,quot; added the Israeli ambassador advising the farmers to quot;treat cows like humans to get better quality milk from less animals at less cost.quot;
Anders Fagerberg, vice-president of Alfa Laval Agri, Sweden, expressed concern over the fact that although India is the largest milk producer in the world, the per capita consumption from the nutritional point of view is very low in the country.
quot;India has one of the most inefficient processing systems, highly expensive collection systems and problem of cows suffering heat strokesquot; said Yehuda Sprecher ending his presentation with the enthusiatic message to quot;Just Do itquot;.
Others who spoke on the occasion included B. N. Mathur, joint director National Dairy Research Institute, Krishan Goyal, member, Northern Regional Council and Dr M. L. Madan, deputy director Animal Sciences Indian Council of Agriculture Research.
