(1/9) 39-year-old Baljinder Singh from Kokri Phula Singh village in Moga district, Punjab, is the sole bread-winner of the family. 
(2/9) A milk supplier, he's seen his business grow over 8 years, thanks to the efforts of @DanoneIndia's AcadeMilk program -- a significant step towards empowering dairy farmers in Punjab.
(3/9) Under this program, Danone India has been training these farmers to sustainably increase productivity and improve the quality of the milk produced. This milk is a key ingredient for Danone products.
(4/9) Baljinder Singh, for example, got training in cattle management, judicious use of antibiotics, control of aflatoxins in cattle feed, and the importance of balanced cattle feed.
(5/9) Singh is one among 5,500 farmers empowered through Danone India's milk shed in Jagraon, Ludhiana. A majority of these farmers are small to marginal farmers with a maximum of six dairy animals.
(6/9)In 2019, a total of 210 such training programs were conducted, helping more than 4,600 farmers, of whom around 1,200 were women.
Women usually face exclusion from model dairy farms despite being the primary caregivers of dairy animals due to social norms.
Women usually face exclusion from model dairy farms despite being the primary caregivers of dairy animals due to social norms.
(7/9) Danone India believes that empowering and enabling women creates a substantial social impact on the entire community, and so it set up the first village-level training program on dairy farming for women in 2014.
(8/9) "Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want". This belief forms the core of the global nutrition food company Danone.
(9/9) And it is this principle that has guided them into embracing various environmentally responsible and sustainable initiatives and practices like the AcadeMilk program, launched in the last quarter of 2013. #OnePlanetOneHealth
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