Milma

Well-known by the popular sobriquet ‘Milma’, the Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF) was formed in 1980 as a state adjunct of the National Dairy Programme ‘Operation Flood’. It is a three-tiered organization. The farmer memberships that stood at 45000 during take over from the erstwhile KLD&MM Board in 1983 has grown to over 10.4 lakhs through 3076 milk Co-operatives by March 2022. These primary societies are grouped under three Regional Co-operative Milk Producers’ Unions viz TRCMPU for Thiruvananthapuram region, ERCMPU for Ernakulam region and MRCMPU for Malabar region. At the apex level, KCMMF functions from the headquarters at Thiruvananthapuram. From the different units managed directly by KCMMF and the various units under regional unions, MILMA produces and distributes pasteurized Vitamin–enriched milk and various milk-based products as well as mango drinks throughout the state. MILMA has been instrumental in achieving the national goal of self-sufficiency in milk production in the state. The goal of KCMMF is "The socio-economic progress of the dairy farmer through procuring, processing and marketing of milk". Still, the goal is receding as Kerala enjoys one of the highest ranges of per capita milk consumption. KCMMF is content in the realization of this vision which was set before it. KCMMF has achieved distinction in its performance by close association and bond with the National Dairy Development Board, Animal Husbandry Department Dairy Development Department of the State and Kerala Livestock Development Board.