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July 31, 2025

Smallholder dairy farms remain crucial to rural economy

A dairy cow feeds at a dairy farm. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: Fifteen years after the Food and Agriculture Organisation published its seminal 2010 report on dairy farming across 56 developing countries -- including Pakistan -- its core finding remains relevant: smallholder, ‘low-tech’ dairy farms offer unmatched potential for alleviating rural poverty.Today, Pakistan ranks among the top five milk-producing nations globally, with annual production exceeding 65 million tonnes. Yet this volume...