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Abhijeet S
The basic unit in the Anand Pattern is the village milk producers' co-operative—a voluntary association of milk producers in a village who wish to market their milk collectively. All of the village milk producers' co-operatives (primaries) in a district are members of their district co-operative milk producers' union.
Every milk producer can become a member of the co-operative society. At a general meeting of members, representatives are selected to form a managing committee, which frames the policies of the society to govern the day-to-day affairs relating to milk. Milk collection, the testing for milk fat content, sale of cattle feed etc. is handled by paid employees from the same village. Each society also provides artificial insemination (AI) services and veterinary first aid (VFA). Thus, these primaries also generate local employment in the rural community.
Each producer's milk is tested for fat percentage (many also measure solids-not-fat) and is paid for, on the basis of the quality of the milk. Usually, the morning milk is paid for in the evening and the evening milk is paid for the next morning.
The primary milk producers' societies are affiliated to a district union, which owns and operates a feeder/balancing dairy cattle feed plant and facilities for production of semen and its distribution. The union also operates a network of veterinary services to provide routine and emergency services for animal health care.
The chairpersons of village societies elect the board of directors of the union, which frames the policies for the day-to-day management of the union's centralised facilities for milk collection, processing and marketing and also technical inputs. Each union is managed professionally by a managing director, who reports to the elected chairman and a board of directors. The dairy, owned by a union, usually has a milk processing plant to convert seasonal surpluses of liquid milk into milk powder and other conserved products. With the help of the dairy plant, the union is able to ensure that the milk producers get 80–90% of the lean season price even in the flush season. The farmers are, therefore, able to get a good price for the bulk of the milk that is produced in the flush season. This has enabled the farmers to get 20–40% higher prices than they would have if they had not been a part of the co-operative system. Before the co-operatives, the middlemen usually paid only 60–70% of the lean season price in the flush season.
The bulk of out-of-pocket expenditure on milk production was for the purchase of cattle feed ingredients, such as oilseed cakes, cottonseed etc. The cattle feed plant owned and operated by the co-operative is able to provide nutritionally balanced cattle feed at prices 40% lower than the prices of traditional feeds. The village milk producers' co-operative societies (primaries) market this cattle feed.
Milk producers are able to substantially increase their returns from milk production because of better returns for their milk and lower feeding costs. The milk collected from the village is usually sent to the co-operative dairy using trucks hired by the co-operative union. Each co-operative dairy tries to market the bulk of its milk as liquid milk and converts surplus milk into products with a longer shelf life. Professional managers employed by the co-operative ensure that they get the best returns for their produce. The profits made by the dairy are redistributed to the milk producers as a subsidiary payment. Many societies are able to pay substantial amounts as bonuses to their milk producers, based on the proportion of business contributed to the co-operatives.
Every milk producer can become a member of the co-operative society. At a general meeting of members, representatives are selected to form a managing committee, which frames the policies of the society to govern the day-to-day affairs relating to milk. Milk collection, the testing for milk fat content, sale of cattle feed etc. is handled by paid employees from the same village. Each society also provides artificial insemination (AI) services and veterinary first aid (VFA). Thus, these primaries also generate local employment in the rural community.
Each producer's milk is tested for fat percentage (many also measure solids-not-fat) and is paid for, on the basis of the quality of the milk. Usually, the morning milk is paid for in the evening and the evening milk is paid for the next morning.
The primary milk producers' societies are affiliated to a district union, which owns and operates a feeder/balancing dairy cattle feed plant and facilities for production of semen and its distribution. The union also operates a network of veterinary services to provide routine and emergency services for animal health care.
The chairpersons of village societies elect the board of directors of the union, which frames the policies for the day-to-day management of the union's centralised facilities for milk collection, processing and marketing and also technical inputs. Each union is managed professionally by a managing director, who reports to the elected chairman and a board of directors. The dairy, owned by a union, usually has a milk processing plant to convert seasonal surpluses of liquid milk into milk powder and other conserved products. With the help of the dairy plant, the union is able to ensure that the milk producers get 80–90% of the lean season price even in the flush season. The farmers are, therefore, able to get a good price for the bulk of the milk that is produced in the flush season. This has enabled the farmers to get 20–40% higher prices than they would have if they had not been a part of the co-operative system. Before the co-operatives, the middlemen usually paid only 60–70% of the lean season price in the flush season.
The bulk of out-of-pocket expenditure on milk production was for the purchase of cattle feed ingredients, such as oilseed cakes, cottonseed etc. The cattle feed plant owned and operated by the co-operative is able to provide nutritionally balanced cattle feed at prices 40% lower than the prices of traditional feeds. The village milk producers' co-operative societies (primaries) market this cattle feed.
Milk producers are able to substantially increase their returns from milk production because of better returns for their milk and lower feeding costs. The milk collected from the village is usually sent to the co-operative dairy using trucks hired by the co-operative union. Each co-operative dairy tries to market the bulk of its milk as liquid milk and converts surplus milk into products with a longer shelf life. Professional managers employed by the co-operative ensure that they get the best returns for their produce. The profits made by the dairy are redistributed to the milk producers as a subsidiary payment. Many societies are able to pay substantial amounts as bonuses to their milk producers, based on the proportion of business contributed to the co-operatives.