01 Oct Significance of Sheep Milk and its Role in Economic Upliftment of Sheep Farmers
भेड़ के दूध का महत्व और भेड़ किसानों के आर्थिक उत्थान में इसकी भूमिका Milk has been a part of human nutrition since time immemorial. It is the first food for all mammals after birth. Milk is labeled with age old adage like complete food, super food, nutrient enriched food, first food etc. About 10,000 years ago, people hardly drink milk of animals, they first domesticated the animals for their meat, but slowly early farmers and pastoralists start taking milk as a food and at present day milk becomes the most abundant food enjoyed worldwide by each and every section of society. Milk for human consumption usually obtained from cow, buffalo, sheep, goat and in certain areas from yak, camel. The whole world is facing two major challenges these days i.e. Climate change and Malnutrition. Malnutrition encompasses food security and food safety. There is a need of adequate and nutritional food for the mankind. Modern diet and present-day lifestyle has undergone drastic changes in recent years. This resulted remarkable rise in chronic and deadly diseases. Therefore, consumers are now shifting towards health foods. They are looking for food items having moderate amount of carbohydrate, beneficial fatty acid, ample of minerals and health influential peptides. Sheep milk addresses all these nutritional facets effectively. It has some...