According to Dublin, Ireland-based Research and Markets, India, the largest producer and consumer of milk globally, should report a 15.6% year-on-year growth in revenues for this year.

India’s demographics and dietary habits have changed over the past two decades, and the demand for cheese, ice cream, and yogurt now takes precedence over the demand for just milk.

Globally, milk prices have remained low last year because of weak import demand and oversupply. This was compounded by the slow down in the economy of China, Russia‘s ban on EU produce, and the abolition of the EU’s dairy production quotas, says the Dairy Reporter.