{"id":955,"date":"2024-10-30T17:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dollons.com\/blog\/?p=955"},"modified":"2025-02-22T12:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T06:56:31","slug":"dairy-cooperatives-in-india-and-milk-production-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollons.com\/blog\/dairy-cooperatives-in-india-and-milk-production-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy cooperatives in India and milk production boom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who brought \u2018Anand\u2019 to the Indian dairy farmers? <\/em>Dairy cooperatives in India have long been home to landless farmers, marginalized groups, and smallholder communities. This made the \u2018Anand Cooperative Model\u2019 fight for farmers\u2019 welfare against the bureaucracy of private milk units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s explore how dairy cooperatives in India brought a new wave of transformation in milk production.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Role of dairy cooperatives<\/strong> in India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. To empower milk suppliers and dairy farmers across the rural communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. To influence milk yield, food security, and profit margins in dairy production.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. To alleviate poverty among Indian dairy farmers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. To efficiently augment the rural milk production<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. To offer veterinary health care, feed, and artificial insemination services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. To provide member education in the dairy sector\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Evolution of dairy cooperatives<\/strong> in India<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    Government intervention in dairy cooperatives<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Pre-1990s era<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Although the First Five-Year Plan (1951-1956) developed the \u2018Key Village Scheme\u2019, milk production remained static.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Under the Bombay Cooperative Societies Act (VII of 1925), the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI) supported training programs for 100+ member cooperatives. However, milk production rose by barely 1% annually from 1951 to 1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To learn more about dairy production in rural India, read https:\/\/dollons.com\/blog\/how-milk-production-is-helping-in-improving-rural-india\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Post-1990s era<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    From 2003, the private sector firms in the dairy industry evolved to a cooperative model. The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)<\/strong> ensures a better return for dairy cooperatives and milk producers (The Dairy Times, 2024). This led to a liberalized structure of cooperative models involving farmers, dairy partners, and production units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Under the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)<\/strong> scheme [2021-2026], state cooperative dairy federations unite with district cooperative milk producers. This Component \u2018A\u2019 scheme ensures strong infrastructure for quality milk testing and chilling functions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Journey of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Farm to Market<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
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    The Amul Trinity: Verghese Kurien, Tribhuvandas Patel, and H.M. Dalaya | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Legacy of Operation Flood<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Operation Flood, under the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)<\/strong>, led a vast journey of cooperative networks (Gaillard & Dervill\u00e9, 2021). Verghese Kurien, called the \u2018Milkman of India\u2019, empowered thousands of dairy farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Due to Operation Flood, India emerged as the \u2018highest milk-producing nation\u2019 in the dairy sector globally. Similarly, the two significant areas of improvement are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n