Amul to replicate Gujarat model in AP

Amul is in the approach of replicating its famed Gujarat cooperative dairy generation model in Andhra Pradesh. As it sets out to make AP a hub for its growth to the Southern markets and Odisha, dairy big Amul will aid about 10,000 women of all ages cooperatives develop a network of cow and buffalo milk generation centres.

 

The organization has entered into an agreement with the AP government to revive and bolster cooperative dairies in the Condition. Andhra Pradesh, which makes 4.three crore litres of milk a day, is the fourth largest milk producer in the region.

Though the Condition government will aid in setting up the women of all ages cooperatives and community processing models, Amul will aid them in reaching out the produce to customers. It will also manufacture benefit-added merchandise.

The Condition government will expend ₹3,five hundred crore to present top quality breed cows and buffaloes to about 4.sixty nine lakh women of all ages from the underprivileged sections. Amul will also procure milk from farmers in distinctive districts. “Andhra Pradesh has the one of a kind gain of getting in the proximity with leading Southern markets of Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. It can also cater to the mainly untapped market of Odisha,” Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation’s Running Director, RS Sodhi, explained to BusinessLine.

“We will use the regionally obtainable processing capacities for now. We may develop our have processing models, if need be,” he explained.

Sodhi, together with leading officials of Amul, was in Amaravathi on Wednesday to mark the launch of a pilot in four hundred villages of Prakasam, Chittoor, and Kadapa districts. Andhra Pradesh’s Main Minister formally released the pilot on Wednesday.

Soon after the 6-month-lengthy pilot, the milk procurement will be expanded to other elements of the Condition, with a promise to present ₹5-7 a litre a lot more to the dairy farmers. In addition to furnishing them with top quality milch animals, the Condition government will aid the women of all ages cooperatives in the routine maintenance of the cattle.

Bulk milk cooling models (BMCUs) will be established up at the cooperatives that produce a lot more than two,000 litres a day.

The Gujarat staff

Each individual district will have a core staff with the District Collector acting as a Distinctive Officer (Amul Job) and Joint Collectors and Joint Director (Animal Husbandry) as associates.

“We will assure that payments are compensated as soon as in just about every 10 times. The women of all ages cooperative associates will also get a reward as soon as or 2 times just about every 12 months from the gains of the Amul venture,” explained Main Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy when launching the venture.