VISION AND MISSION

Vision

To promote producer oriented viable cooperative society to impart an impetus to the rural income, dairy productivity and rural employment.
To abridge the gap between price of milk procurement and sale price.
To develop business acumen in marketing and trading disciplines so as to serve consumers with quality milk, give a fillip to the income of milk producers.
To compete with MNCs and Private Dairies with better quality of milk and milk products and in the process sustain invincibility of cooperatives.
To march forward with a missionary zeal which will make KMF a trailblazer of exemplary performance and achievements beckoning other Milk Federations in the country in pursuit of total emulation of its good deeds.

Mission

Heralding economic, social and cultural prosperity in the lives of our milk producer members by promoting vibrant, self-sustaining and holistic cooperative dairy development in Karnataka State.

OBJECTIVES

KMF is a Cooperative Apex Body in the State of Karnataka representing organisations of milk producers and implementing all-round dairy development activities to achieve the following objectives:
To ensure assured and remunerative market round the year for the milk produced by the farmer members.
To make available quality milk and other premier dairy products to urban consumers.
To build and develop village-level institutions as cooperative model units to manage dairy activities.
To ensure provision of inputs for milk production, processing facilities and dissemination of know-how.
To facilitate rural development by providing opportunities for self-employment at village level, preventing migration to urban areas, introducing cash economy, and providing sustained income.
The philosophy of dairy development is to eliminate middlemen and organise institutions to be owned and managed by the milk producers themselves, employing professionals.
Achieve economies of scale to ensure maximum returns to milk producers while providing wholesome milk at reasonable price to urban consumers.
The cooperative network should build a bridge between rural producers and urban consumers, achieving socio-economic development across the State.

EVOLUTION

Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) evolved as a premier and profitable dairy farmers organization in Karnataka.
In 1975, Karnataka Dairy Development Corporation (KDDC) was formed as an agency to implement the World Bank–aided Dairy Development Projects.
KDDC expanded rapidly, spreading rural economic activity—Dairying—across the State, leading to the formation of the apex cooperative body KMF in 1984.
KMF covered the entire State with 13 District Co-operative Milk Unions executing major dairy activities including:
- Organization of Dairy Co-operatives
- Milk Routes
- Veterinary Services
- Procurement of milk in two shifts
- Chilling and Processing of milk
- Distribution of milk
- Establishment of Cattle Feed Plants
- Nandini Sperm Station
- Liquid Nitrogen Supply
- Training Centres
The system was built on the now well-known ‘ANAND’ pattern of dairy cooperative societies.
Initially, eight southern districts were included with a target of:
- Organizing 1800 Dairy Cooperative Societies
- Forming four Milk Unions
- Setting up processing facilities of 6.5 lakh liters/day by 1984
Under Operation Flood II and III (started in 1984 & 1987), the remaining parts of Karnataka were covered.
Thirteen milk unions were organized across 175 talukas of 20 districts, and additional dairy cooperative societies were created.
Processing facilities such as chilling centers, milk dairies, and powder plants were gradually transferred to the control of respective cooperative milk unions.
Additional processing infrastructure was added every decade with support from Govt., Zilla Panchayat, and NDDB under the Perspective Plan.
The goal was to handle increasing milk procurement without declaring milk holidays.
The current processing capacity stands at 57.40 lakh liters/day and continues to be strengthened.

Address

Karnataka Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Ltd No 2915, D. R. College Post, Dr M H Marigowda Road, Bangalore-560029, Karnataka.

Telephone

080-260 96800 Helpline : 1800 425 8030 toll free 10:00AM - 5:45PM (Except Second Saturday, Fourth Saturday, Sunday and other State Government Holidays)

Email

customercare.nandini@kmf.coop

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