From farming to dairy revolution: Mohan Yadav's big pitch for Madhya Pradesh

Speaking at the India Today Group's Kisan Tak Bharat Agriculture Conference 2026, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav underscored the importance of integrating animal husbandry with agriculture to raise farm incomes, generate employment and drive rural prosperity.MP CM Mohan Yadav speaks at the India Today Group's Kisan Tak Bharat Agriculture Conference 2026New Delhi,Nov 11, 2026 12:54 ISTMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has outlined an ambitious vision to expand the dairy sector, boost milk production and improve farmers' incomes through animal husbandry, as his government seeks to strengthen the state's position in India's White Revolution.Speaking at the India Today Group's Kisan Tak Bharat Agriculture Conference 2026, during a session titled 'White Revolution in MP Now', Yadav underscored the importance of integrating animal husbandry with agriculture to raise farm incomes, generate employment and drive rural prosperity.Emphasising the close link between agriculture and dairy farming, the Chief Minister said animal husbandry was essential to increasing farmers' earnings."Our country is primarily an agricultural nation. I, too, come from a farming family. And we all know that farming means farming, and farming means animal husbandry. So, naturally, to increase agricultural income, to increase the farmer's income from farming, we must do animal husbandry as a matter of course," he said at the two-day flagship event taking place at the Bharat Mandapam in Delhi. ? , #ATVideo #MohanYadav #BharatAgricultureConference2026 | Sayeed Ansari | @DrMohanYadav51 https://t.co/9ovCLDGqpp— AajTak (@aajtak) November 11, 2026 Yadav said Madhya Pradesh had made rapid strides in promoting animal husbandry, adding that the government wanted to revive and strengthen the country's traditional association with cattle rearing and dairy production.Referring to the state's 'Farmers' Welfare Year', he said the government was working towards balanced growth across sectors, with agriculture and allied activities playing a crucial role in tackling unemployment and bringing prosperity. "We need to tackle unemployment, promote agriculture and bring prosperity to the state and the country, so we must move forward on all fronts equally," he said." , , ": , , #ATVideo #MohanYadav #BharatAgricultureConference2026 | Sayeed Ansari | @DrMohanYadav51 https://t.co/G3QnbCvtIe— AajTak (@aajtak) November 11, 2026MP'S WHITE REVOLUTION AMBITIONSYadav's remarks come as Madhya Pradesh seeks to build on its position as the country's third-largest milk producer and emerge as the leading state in milk production.In October, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Madhya Pradesh government had set a target of increasing daily milk procurement from 12 lakh kg to 52 lakh kg.Highlighting the growth of India's dairy sector, Shah had said the country's milk production had risen from 14.06 crore tonnes in 2014-15 to 25 crore tonnes over the preceding decade under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.He also cited a 58 per cent increase in per capita milk availability, from 307 grams per day in 2014-15 to 485 grams per day. India has since emerged as the world's largest milk-producing country.WHITE REVOLUTION 2.0 PUSHMadhya Pradesh's dairy ambitions also come amid the Centre's push under White Revolution 2.0, which envisages setting up 75,000 new cooperative dairies and strengthening 46,000 existing ones. The state is expected to derive significant benefits from the initiative.On Tuesday, Yadav reiterated his government's ambition of making Madhya Pradesh the country's leading milk producer during the inauguration of the newly developed Kamdhenu Gaushala in Indore.Highlighting the state's progress in the dairy sector, he said Madhya Pradesh currently ranked third in milk production and was working to expand its capacity while improving farmers' incomes."Madhya Pradesh currently ranks third in milk production. In the coming years, we will increase our milk production capacity, enhance our farmers' income, and make our state number one in the country," he added.- Ends