{"id":123127,"date":"2021-08-03T19:57:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=123127"},"modified":"2021-08-03T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:30:12","slug":"climate-crisis-way-forward-for-dairy-giants-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/climate-crisis-way-forward-for-dairy-giants-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate crisis: Way forward for dairy giants in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/blog\/climate-change\/climate-crisis-way-forward-for-dairy-giants-in-india-78226\">Down To Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: Activists and experts are advocating plant-based alternatives<strong> to dairy food.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Significance of Dairy sector:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Harvesting animals for dairy and animal-based products in India is a <strong>major source of livelihood<\/strong> for 150 million dairy farmers.<\/li>\n<li>The products are a <strong>source of nutrition and food security<\/strong> for a significant population as well.<\/li>\n<li>The dairy sector accounts for <strong>2 per cent of the national gross domestic product<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Besides the <strong>holy significance of the cow<\/strong> in Hindu tradition guided by age-old traditional wisdom, turmeric milk, desi ghee and cow urine have been considered a panacea for several diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Milk, ghee, paneer and milk-based sweets and products have been an inseparable part of the Indian palate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Need of plant-based alternative to dairy sector<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>First, <strong>harmful consequences of animal harvesting<\/strong> on climate.\u00a0Agriculture contributes approximately <strong>16 per cent of India\u2019s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions<\/strong>.\u00a0Methane from ruminant belching and animal waste contributes about 75 percent of the total GHG emissions.<\/li>\n<li>Second, India is increasingly becoming <strong>water-stressed<\/strong> due to exploding human and cattle population growth.\u00a0A typical crossbred cow consumes about 1,100 liters\/day. Multinational companies such as Nestle SA and Danone SA have also been accused of promoting the <strong>water-intensive dairy industry<\/strong> in Punjab and the neighboring states.<\/li>\n<li>Third, animal exploitation is the <strong>leading cause of zoonotic diseases.\u00a0<\/strong>Evidence suggests that the adoption of plant-based diets and lifestyles, referred to as veganism, may result in a decrease in the threat of zoonotic diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Fourth, the <strong>appalling conditions in cattle rearing<\/strong> have been widely condemned.\n<ul>\n<li>Such as <strong>artificial insemination, widespread use of growth hormones<\/strong> to boost milk production, injecting oxytocin into milch cattle, the slaughter of male calves, abandoning cattle that are sterile, and selling livestock to slaughterhouses and tanneries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><strong>Challenges<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>First, with livelihoods of 150 million at stake, <strong>policymakers will need to identify alternative employment opportunities<\/strong> for the displaced masses.\u00a0Large-scale social forestry could be an answer to address this, with positive consequences for the planet.<\/li>\n<li>Second, PETA implored Amul to introduce vegan alternatives due to <strong>ecological and health benefits of plant-based food, including milk.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>However, Amul recently launched an advertising campaign challenging PETA\u2019s claims that plant-based alternatives are the way forward to create a sustainable food system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)<\/strong> notified that the word \u2018milk\u2019 cannot be used for plant-based dairy alternatives.<\/li>\n<li>Also, questions have been raised about lab-produced plant-based milk for human consumption.<\/li>\n<li>Amul and its supporters argue that PETA\u2019s moves may be a ploy for multinational companies to promote synthetic milk and genetically modified seeds through a misinformation campaign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Down To Earth Synopsis: Activists and experts are advocating plant-based alternatives to dairy food. Significance of Dairy sector: Harvesting animals for dairy and animal-based products in India is a major source of livelihood for 150 million dairy farmers. The products are a source of nutrition and food security for a significant population as well.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/climate-crisis-way-forward-for-dairy-giants-in-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Climate crisis: Way forward for dairy giants in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[8677,8676,216],"class_list":["post-123127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-dairy-sector","tag-economics-of-animal-rearing","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704858312},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}