By Admin 
India-US Trade Deal: Concerns are increasing among farmers regarding the trade deal between India and America. The dairy industry has expressed confidence that this agreement will not harm their interests. In a conversation with NDTV, Amul Managing Director Jayan Mehta said that this deal signed between the two countries last week will not harm the farmers or agriculture market of our country, but instead their valuable access to American markets will increase.
Jayan Mehta further said, “Negotiations were necessary for better access to the American markets and that was done through this deal. More importantly, the tariff also reduced from 50 percent to 18 percent. This will give better access to Indian products in the American markets and open a new path for a bright future for all the people associated with this sector.
What are farmers afraid of?
Let us tell you that the Central Government claims that under the trade agreement signed with America, the interests of farmers associated with farming and dairy sector have been kept out. India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has also said that India has not made any compromise with the interests of its agriculture and dairy sectors in this trade deal and has kept all types of grains, dairy products and spices from fruits and vegetables out of it so that the farmers of our country do not suffer any harm.
However, despite this, farmer organizations fear that this deal may hurt their interests. What’s more, farmers have even said that if there is any compromise with their interests, they will be forced to protest. Farmer organizations under the leadership of Kisan Morcha and All India Kisan Sabha have also announced to go on strike for a day on 12th February.
India is not importing lesser used items
Jayan Mehta also said, “One of the most important aspects of the dairy industry and livestock sector is animal feed.” Giving the example of Amul, he said that the company works with 36 lakh farmers in 18,600 villages of Gujarat and collects and manages about 350 lakh liters of milk every day. One of the things that Amul needs is to provide better quality fodder to the cattle. It contains a combination of different types of agricultural ingredients such as de-oiled rice bran, maize, rapeseed extraction and jaggery.
He said, “At Amul we have about 8 plants which produce about 12,000 tonnes of animal feed every day.” But here also India is not importing such things which are not used much. Giving the example of DDGS (Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles), he said that there is a lot of availability of DDGS in India because we have also started making ethanol from corn, but you cannot use more than 3-4 percent DDGS in it, hence there is no practical benefit in bringing it into the country under the Free Trade Agreement. Let us tell you that DDGS is rarely used in animal feed.
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