📈 Sri Lanka-India Dairy Capacity Building Program

A high-level delegation of 25 dairy cooperative professionals and officials from the National Institute of Co-operative Development (NICD) completed a 10-day intensive training in Pune, India, aimed at revitalizing Sri Lanka’s dairy sector. • Strategic Context: Part of India's commitment to provide 700 annual training slots for Sri Lankan professionals, following an agreement reached in April 2025. • Training Focus: Hosted by VAMNICOM, sessions covered cooperative business models, dairy processing technologies, quality assurance, and value chain development. • Field Exposure: Included site visits to global leaders like AMUL, Sahyadri Farms, and Katraj Dairy to study large-scale milk collection and processing ecosystems. • Economic Impact: Aims to boost national food security and rural employment by adopting successful cooperative models to improve local milk production efficiency. _Note: Program conducted from 9–19 March 2026._