Dairy cooperatives support livelihoods of thousands of women in India
Dairy farming is one of the most important sources of income and nutrition for rural communities in India. Dairy enterprises not only feed rural communities, they also supply milk to urban centres providing high quality protein and other essential nutrients to the population. Driven by rising urbanization and a growing middle class, demand for milk has increased substantially in recent years in India, including in the northern state of Uttarakhand. Strengthening the efficiency of the Uttarakhand dairy market offers major opportunities to smallholders to expand production and sales of milk...