NEW DELHI -- Prahlad Kumawat is all too familiar with the bitter irony of Indian dairy farming. In a country that considers cows sacred and where people consume far more milk than anywhere else on earth, production is painfully inefficient.

India is the world's top milk consumer, but its fragmented and low-tech dairy industry has a productivity problem. © Reuters
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