A Dairy and Livestock Conference was held in Avari Lahore with 200+ participants from all over Pakistan representing the dairy farmers, Small and Large corporate farms, representatives from Federal and Provincial Governments, NGO sector, USAID, USDA, American Consulate Lahore, major dairy product manufacturers, Service Providers, Academia, developmental Agencies and agriculture consultants. Dr. JapieConraidie, Head of Nestle’ Pakistan gave a brief history of the importation of the better producing cows to Pakistani market and explained how the industry has evolved since the time he was on the first ship taking the cows off. He explained that since the white revolution slogan has shown many changes in the dairy sector of Pakistan, resulting in an increase in milk production, better breeding, AI awareness and better animal husbandry. During this period, we also saw a wave of milk processing facilities opening up in Pakistan including UHT, fresh, powdered, organic and value added products.
