Got Milk? Pakistan-Gulf’s food granery! Impact and Analysis

Dilmin, Mekan, Melhulla of the Pakistan of 5000 years ago (aka Indus Valley Civilization) have been trading with the Gulf region for more than 5000 years. Now in the 20th century, the Gulf states are flush with oil profits. The Arabs are now awash in more than $1 trillion in oil profits. Ironically the rising energy prices emanate from the oil crisis created by foolish wars and threats to Oil producing nations. An imminent Israeli attack on Iran will further boost the treasuries of the Gulf states.

The Gulf states recognize the potential of Pakistan. They have identified a policy and are implementing a food security plan for the Greater Middle East. Pakstani labor, land and resources are a major part of the policy. The Gulf region imports $200 bilion of food. Pakistan is poised to grab a major share of that market. There is an amazing fact about the policy to build Pakistan as a food exporter to the Gulf region. The policy was created by the Gulf States, and Pakistan was a willing accomplice. This will have a major impact which will reverberate beyond the confines of the Gulf and the Arabian sea. This impacts all of Europe. Some Western companies recognizing the potential of the Pakistani market are now setting up farms and plants to supply the Gulf region with food from Pakistan. Proximity, Halal food, and the availability of cheap land and labor are some of the major advantages of using Pakistani territory to export to the Gulf, and the Greater Middle East.

Pakistan’s can easliy capture of a small slice of the $200 Billion market as a foothold and then build it up to a major share of the market. This  will eliminate unemployment, illiteracy. An affluent Pakistan will impact the entire region and the world. Unlike India’s $50 Billion IT market which impact only about 6 million people, the Pakistan as the Food Granery impacts more than 80% of the rurual population of Pakistan.

Pakistan is the 4th largest milk producers in the world and one of the top 10 producers of food. The worlds largest milk plant in Pakistan producing over 3 million liters of milk will be able to cater to the needs of Pakistan and the Greater Middle East. The GCC import $200 Billion worth of food stuff from Europe. Pakistan is eyeing that merket. UEA buys $5 Billion worth of farms in Pakistan to ensure food supplies from Pakistan and avoid food shoartage in the Gulf States. The UAE and the Gulf states are investing heavily in the Pakistani farm sector and want to create food security for itself by importing merchandise from Pakistan. Food for UAE from Pakistan: Investros set up agri bank to help farmers.
 
Pakistan Opens the World’s Largest Milk Processing Plant via www.food-business-review.comSwiss dairy giant Nestle has made Pakistan the home of world’s largest ever milk production plant. The 2 million-litre-a-day Punjab-based milk processing facility will rise to over three million liters in coming years. Pakistan is the world’s fourth-largest milk producer, and Asia’s second-largest, so the location of Nestlé’s latest investment is fitting.

Since Nestle started investing in Pakistan 18 years ago, the company has established the country’s largest milk collection network. Today, Nestle collects milk from 140,000 farmers over an area of 100,000 square kilometres in Punjab who, as a result, receive over CHF120 million per year directly from the company.

The Nestle investment says much about the extraordinary rate of development of this commodity and the mutually beneficial relationship that Nestle and Pakistan’s milk processing industry enjoy.

The company has five production facilities in different parts of Pakistan: two multi-product factories in Sheikhupura and Kabirwala, respectively, and three bottled water plants, one in Islamabad and two more in Karachi.