Around 30% of Milk cooperative societies in Tamil Nadu are dormant

Tamil Nadu’s dairy industry has historically been strengthened by the network of cooperative milk societies. Today, around 30% of the primary milk producers’ cooperative societies are dormant. Tracing the history behind these dormant societies is important and relevant in the light of the Narendra Modi government’s farm laws, to explain the possible impacts of these […]

Relevance of Kurien’s Amul Model for contract farming

An article by Mr Alok Sinha Former Chairman & MD, Food Corporation of India In Amul’s case, middlemen were effectively replaced by dairy producers through farmers’ cooperatives. These cooperatives were layered up to the state level, where today the huge dairy infrastructure is totally owned by the state and district-level cooperatives, with dairy producers owning them via […]