The Indo-Swiss Dairy Project - I

It was a late afternoon, and Rohan sat at his desk, surrounded by reports detailing the state of dairy production in Kerala.

The soft noise of wind rustling overhead did little to break the anxiety in the room, nor did it calm the knot tightening in his chest.

The numbers in front of him were bad. India, with its fertile land and hardworking farmers, was still falling behind in dairy production.

And Kerala, while showing promise, was nowhere near the global standards.

Rohan rubbed his temples. The answer, he knew, wasn't just in better management. It lay in the cattle themselves.

Indigenous breeds, while resilient, could not match the milk output of their European counterparts.

Crossbreeding was the solution specifically, bringing in high-yield European breeds and combining them with native breeds that could withstand the Indian climate.

The Sunandini breed in Kerala had shown early potential, but this was only the beginning.