Science, Discovery, Tech and Environment · 14 January 2026

ICAR–NDDB MoU Targets Climate-Resilient, High-Productivity Dairy Value Chain

Exam-focused facts from the 14 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • ICAR and NDDB signed an MoU to deepen multidisciplinary research, innovation and capacity building across the entire dairy value chain.
  • Partnership focuses on translating science into impact for millions of small and marginal dairy farmers.
  • Key technical areas include integrated farming systems, climate resilience, low livestock productivity and value chain development.
  • Initiatives will deploy modern technologies emerging from ICAR institutes for fodder, manure management, biogas utilisation and gaushala-based stray cattle management.
  • NDDB and ICAR will jointly develop, validate and deploy technologies, share knowledge, run training programmes and create scalable, replicable models across diverse agro-climatic zones.

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