India is home to one of the world's most successful farming cooperatives. More than 11 million farmers across the country produce ice cream, milk, cheese and butter under the Amul brand. Many of them have graduated from poverty to a comfortable life, with a guaranteed income. This is partly thanks to trade protection from the Indian government that ensured foreign companies found the milk market difficult to penetrate. But a ruling from the World Trade Organisation means the Amul cooperative will face greater competition from foreign products. India’s neighbour Sri Lanka saw its own dairy industry suffer when the big multinationals moved in. Could India suffer a similar fate?
Reporter Binu Alex met some of the farmers at the heart of the cooperative movement. Click on the IWR image to listen to the story.
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Reporter Binu Alex met some of the farmers at the heart of the cooperative movement. Click on the IWR image to listen to the story.
Click on Real image to download media player
Copyright: InterWorld Radio reserve all rights.Copyright 2003.If using these features on air or online, we ask that you credit the journalist/contributor and InterWorld Radio.If you have any questions, please email network@interworldradio.net.
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