Taslimben Zaveri’s buffalo dairy enterprise generated ₹1.93 crore

Taslimben Zaveri’s farm combines buffalo and cattle production with a structured approach to animal husbandry. The enterprise focuses on high-yielding indigenous and crossbred animals, with herd decisions guided by genetic selection and regular production management.

Feeding is organised around scientific rations and on-farm silage preparation. The farm also uses clean mechanised milking equipment. Preventive veterinary care forms part of its herd-management system, alongside measures intended to maintain animal health and consistent milk production.

The enterprise has sustained high average daily milk yields and received leading production honours across Vadgam taluka. Its reported financial performance reached ₹1.93 crore, according to the source, which presents the operation as a commercial dairy enterprise rather than a household-scale activity.

Milk marketing is linked to the Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, known as Banas Dairy. The union is described as Asia’s largest dairy cooperative union and as a flagship member of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation, or GCMMF, the organisation associated with the Amul network.

Banas Dairy provides suppliers with digital fat testing and electronic payments made twice a month. The cooperative also offers subsidised veterinary services and direct access to high-nutrition cattle feed. These arrangements apply to both smallholders and commercial producers, according to the source.

Zaveri’s operation is presented within a wider change in Gujarat’s livestock economy. Women account for more than 36% of registered suppliers to the state’s cooperative dairy system. The source describes the cooperative model as supporting a shift from subsistence household dairying towards professionalised agribusiness.