A Glass of Asian Milk for Every Asian Child
A Glass of Asian Milk for Every Asian Child
A Glass of Asian Milk for Every Asian Child
A Glass of Asian Milk for Every Asian Child
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About Us

Greetings

Milk production has been among the most celebrated success stories in Asia. This success story has been written by ...

About Dairy Asia

Dairy Asia is a multi-stakeholder partnership of willing partners committed to visioning and building a sustainable dairy sector in Asia ...

Structure & Governance

Dairy Asia is committed to being a non-hierarchical, consensus based multi-stakeholder platform. Semi-autonomous...

Key Documents

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the world leaders in September 2015 represent the aspirations of a global ...

Dairy Asia is aiming to expand its membership to North-East Asia, Central and West Asia. We will concentrate on cow milk production as well as non-cow milk production (of yak, goat, sheep, camel and mare milk).

Recent News

12. April. 2023 The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia, represented by …

Organized by the GASL secretariat, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine of Ireland, …

Organized by the International Dairy Federation and National Dairy Development Board of India, IDF World …

The APHCA EXCOM online meeting was held on 03rd June 2022. At the meeting, B.Batbaatar, …

Dedicated to World Milk Day, Dairy Asia has jointly proposed a new initiative, “Dairy Asia: …

Development AND KNOWLEDGE partners

Social responsible
partners

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

General information

Name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Land area: 676,578 km2 (261,228 sq. mi)
Location: Southeast Asia
Border/Neighboring countries:  Bangladesh, India and China (northwest), Laos and Thailand (east and southeast), and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal (south and southwest)
Population: 54 million
Official language: Burmese
GDP per capital: 1608.50 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: Pulses, beans. Sesame. Groundnuts, sugarcane, lumber and fish
Main exporting goods: Mineral fuels, clothing, accessories, knit, ores, slag, cereals, footwear, vegetables. Leather and fish products…
Main importing agricultural goods:  

people's republic of bangladesh

General information

Name: People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Land area: 148,460 square kilometers (57,320 sq. mi)
Location: South Asia
Border/Neighboring countries: India (West, North and East), Myanmar (South-East) and Bengal (South)
Population: 162 million
Official language: Bengali
GDP per capital: 1,906 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: Rice, potatoes, tropical fruits, jute, and farmed fish.
Main exporting goods: Tea, fish and seafood products…
Main importing agricultural goods: Refined petroleum and raw cotton

Kingdom of Thailand

General information

Name: Kingdom of Thailand
Land area: 513,120 km2 (198,120 sq. mi)
Location: South Asia
Border/Neighboring countries: Myanmar and Laos (north), Laos and Cambodia (east), Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia (south), Myanmar (west),
Population: 66 million
Official language: Thai
GDP per capita: 6502.60 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: Rise, fruits, vegetables, fish, grain, sugar, soybeans, palm oil and pineapples.
Main exporting goods: rubber, gems, ships, boats, electrical machinery, equipment, plastic, meat, seafood, rise, raw sugar
Main importing agricultural goods:

Republic of the Philippines

General information

Name: Republic of the Philippines
Land area: 300,000 km2 (120,000 sq. mi)
Location: South Asia
Border/Neighboring countries: Taiwan (north), Japan (northeast), Palau (east), Indonesia (south), Malaysia and Brunei (southwest), Vietnam (west), and China (northwest).
Population: 109 million
Official language: Filipino
GDP per capita: 3337.70 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: Rise, Sugar, Coconuts, Abaca, Fruits, Corn and Rubber.
Main exporting goods: Banana, Coconut oil, fruits, electronic products, transport equipment, garments, copper products and petroleum products
Main importing agricultural goods: Wheat and soybean meal

kingdom of bhutan

General information

Name: Kingdom of Bhutan
Land area: 38,394 km2 (14,824.0 sq. mi)
Location: Eastern Himalayas in South Asia (higher than 7,000 meters (23,000 ft.) above sea level)
Border/Neighboring countries: Tibet Autonomous Region of China (North), India (West), and Arunachal Pradesh (South and East)
Population: 754,388
Official language: Dzongkha and other Tibetan languages
GDP per capital: 3,243.2 USD (2018)
Agricultural production: Wheat, barley, oil seeds, potato and maize red rice, apple and orange,
Main exporting goods: Red rise, electricity, cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones and spices products…
Main importing agricultural goods: fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery, vehicles, fabrics and rice.

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

General information

Name: Mongolia
Land area: 1.5 million square km
Border countries: Russia and China

Population: 3.2 million
Official language: Mongolian
Main religion: Buddhism

GDP per capital: 4000 USD /2019/
Agricultural production: wheat, meat, milk, cashmere, wool etc
Main exporting goods: meat and meat products, cashmere products…
Main importing agricultural goods: rice, sugar, oil etc

Dairy developments in Sri Lanka a glance

Key indicators for 2013/14 (depends on data availability):
  • Total milk production and production growth
  • Total milk consumption and demand growth
  • Trade balance
  • Milk yield
  • Number of farms

Islamic republic of afghanistan

General information

Name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Land area: 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq. mi)
Location: in the cross roads of South Asia and Central Asia
Border/Neighboring countries: Pakistan (East and South), Former Soviet Republics (north) and China (North-East)
Population: 32 million
Official language: Dari and Pashto
GDP per capital: 502.1USD (2019)
Agricultural production: pomegranates, grapes, apricots, melons, and several other fresh and dry fruits.
Main exporting goods: fruits and nuts products…
Main importing agricultural goods: Peat, wheat, flours, raw sugar, inedible fats and oil

Republic of Indonesia

General information

Name: Republic of Indonesia
Land area: 1,904,569 square km (735,358 sq. mi).
Location: Southeast Asia and Oceania
Border/Neighboring countries: Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Population: 267 million
Official language: Malay
GDP per capital: 4450.70 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: rice, palm oil, tea, coffee, cacao, medicinal plants, spices, and rubber
Main exporting goods: natural gas, coal, tin, copper, gold, and nickel products…
Main importing agricultural goods:

The Republic of India

General information

Name: The Republic of India
Land area: 3,286,927 km2 (1,269,090 sq. mi)
Location: Southeast Asia along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean
Border/Neighboring countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan (North-West), China, Bhutan and Nepal (North), Myanmar (Far East), Bangladesh (East) Sri Lanka (South-East) and Maldives (South-West),
Population: 1.2 billion
Official language: Hindi
GDP per capital: 2169.10 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: Tea, Buffalo Milk, Cow milk, wheat, Mangoes, Guavas, Sugarcane, Cotton, Bananas, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Groundnuts, Okra, Onions, Chickpeas
Main exporting goods: Petroleum products, textile goods, jeweler, software, engineering goods, chemicals, and manufactured leather goods products…
Main importing agricultural goods: crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, and chemicals

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

General information

Name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Land area: 147,181 km2 (56,827 sq. mi)
Location: South Asia (in the Himalayas)
Border/Neighboring countries: China (north) and India (south, east and west)
Population: 28 million
Official language: Nepalese
GDP per capital: 859 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: cereals (barley, maize, millet, paddy and wheat), oilseed, potato, pulses, sugarcane, jute, tobacco, milk and water buffalo meat.
Main exporting goods: readymade garment, carpet, pulses, handicrafts, leather, medicinal herbs, and paper products…
Main importing agricultural goods: raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemical fertilizers, electrical and electronic devices, petroleum products, gold, and readymade garments.

Name: People’s Republic of China
Land area: 9.6 million square kilometers (3.7 million mi2)
Location: South-East Asia along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean
Border/Neighboring countries: Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, Laos, Nepal and Kyrgyzstan,
Population: 1.4 billion
Official language: Chinese
GDP per capital: 8254.30 USD (2018)
Agricultural production: rice, wheat, tomatoes, eggplant, grapes, watermelon, spinach,
Main exporting goods: Electrical machinery, equipment, Furniture, Plastic, Vehicles, Optical, technical, medical apparatus, Knit or crochet clothing, accessories, iron, steel, Toys, games products…
Main importing agricultural goods: Crude oil, Iron ores, concentrates, petroleum gases, cars, Phone system devices, Gold, Soya beans, Liquid crystal, copper ores

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

General information

Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Land area: 331,212 km2 (127,882 sq. mi)
Location: South Asia
Border/Neighboring countries: China (north), Laos and Cambodia (west), Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia through the South China Sea
Population: 96.2 million
Official language: Vietnamese
GDP per capita: 1964.50 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: Cashew nuts, black paper, rice and coffee, tea, rubber, sugarcane, cassava (manioc), corn (maize), sweet potatoes, and nuts, banana, orange, mango, jackfruit, and coconut
Main exporting goods: Cashew nuts, black paper, rice and coffee, tea, rubber and fishery products
Main importing agricultural goods:

MONGOLIA

General information

Name: Mongolia
Land area: 1,566,000 km2 (605,000 sq. mi)
Location: Landlocked country in East Asia
Border/Neighboring countries: Between Russia and China
Population: 3.2 million
Official language: Mongolian
GDP per capital: 4350.20 USD (2019)
Agricultural production: wheat, meat, milk, cashmere, wool etc
Main exporting goods: meat and meat products, cashmere products…
Main importing agricultural goods: rice, sugar, oil etc