The Ichhamati Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd. (IMUL) is a farmers organization, was set-up in the year 1993 with the objective of uplifting the rural Milk Producers’ through socioeconomic development, by organizing Co-operative Societies and training them for increasing milk production, processing and marketing of ‘milk and milk products’. The district of N-24 Parganaswhich primarily depends on agriculture as the main source of livelihood has considered dairying as the second source of income under the concept of mixed farming. Keeping this in view, the ichhamati Milk Union is in continuous process of organizing primary milk producers’ co-operative societies in the villages.
The primary milk producers’ co-operative society at the village level collects milk from its producer members and makes payment periodically based on the quantity and quality of milk. The District Milk Union provides various services, like veterinary coverage, cattle feed, fodder etc. to its producers’ members. The District Milk Union supplies raw milk to the Banglar Dairy & is doing marketing of the different milk products.
This district level Milk Union is continuously playing an active role to establish a network to make animal husbandry practices profitable among the poor, landless, marginal farmers / labourers by providing a sound milk marketing system to sell their produce easily and more beneficially.