Political Influence Reshapes Amul Board Elections
Anand — The recent board elections at the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (Amul Dairy) have reignited long-running concerns about political interference in India’s storied dairy cooperatives. In a decisive outcome this month, BJP-backed candidates won 11 of 13 seats on the Amul board — four uncontested and seven in voting rounds that recorded…
The dairy industry’s outsized political influence in Canada
Canada’s dairy sector wields considerable political power despite not matching the growth rate of other large agricultural industries Canada’s dairy farms are growing in size and shrinking in number, and the sector has failed to grow at the same rate as other large agricultural industries. Yet dairy farmers are largely protected from international competition by…