Winning, ‘climate-smart’, ways to feed India’s dairy cows—Jimmy Smith, of ILRI

(The post was written by Kennady Vijayalakshmy, research and communications officer with ILRI in South Asia, with additional editing by Susan MacMillan, former head, public awareness at ILRI)

Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), spoke this week (27 May 2021) at the 8^th Research Advisory Committee meeting of India’s National Dairy Development Board.

Smith’s slide presentation focused on India’s fast-rising demand for dairy products, the dominance of smallholders in the country’s dairy sector, and the smart (and ‘climate-smart’) dairy feeds that will be needed to grow India’s dairy sector. . . .