In recent decades there has been a Green Revolution in grain production in developing countries. Less well known is the ‘White Revolution’ taking place in dairying. This surge in milk production started in India in the 1970s and spread recently to China. It is allowing people to make the most of the resources they have and increasing the livelihoods of the rural poor. The idea is now being trialled in east Africa in an effort to improve the nutrition and incomes of as many as 679,000 farm families — about 4 million people.
The White Revolution made India the top global milk producer by 1998, overtaking the USA. Unlike the Green Revolution, which relied on high-tech biotechnology, the focus of the dairy revolution is low-level technology.
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