Who are we?

Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF), popularly called milma was established in April, 1980 with its Head Office at Thiruvananthapuram for the successful implementation of the Operation Flood ( a dairy programme launched in 1970 under the aegis of National Dairy Development Board(NDDB).
The name milma represents:-

• 2,702 primary milk co-operative societies
• 7.78 lakhs farmer members
• Three Regional Co-operative Milk Producers' Union
• Eleven Dairies capable of handling 9.90 lakhs
  litres of milk per day
• Thirteen Milk Chilling Centres
• Two Cattle Feed Plants with cumulative capacity of  600MT per day
• One Milk Powder Plant of 10MT per day capacity
• A well established Training Centre
• 5,200 retail outlets
• Over 32,000 people working either directly or indirectly for the functioning of milma

Apart from these we serve millions of consumers day-in and day-out.

Our Mission

The Objectives

• To channelise marketable surplus milk from the rural areas to urban deficit areas to maximize the returns to the producer and provide quality milk and milk products to the consumers .
• To carryout activities for promoting Production, Procurement, Processing and Marketing of milk and milk products for economic development of the farming community.
• To build up a viable dairy industry in the State.
• To provide constant market and stable price to the dairy farmers for their produce.

Our Network

The Motto of Co-operation of "of the people, by the people and for the people" is the foundation of the "three tier system" followed by the organisation. At the village level we have the Village Milk Co-operative Societies which have the local milk producers as its members. These Village Co-operatives unite at the Regional level and form Regional Co-operative Milk Producers' Unions. These Unions are federated at the State level to form State Federation namely Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation( KCMMF).

Our Associates

Milma is in constant touch with other Organisations in this sector. It is only through this active exchange that milma grew from a small dairy co-operative to the position it holds in Kerala today.

Our cheif associates are:-

• National Dairy Development Board
  NDDB, under Dr. V Kurien's guidance set up KCMMF in 1980. Ever since then, there has been a very close co-operation between NDDB and the Federation. NDDB are the originators of the Operation Flood Programme and have been our funding agent for the Operation Flood Projects in Kerala.
• Amul
  The Dairy Co-operatives of Gujarat have been the inspiration for the development of such a vast network of dairy co-operatives in Kerala. Among the co-operatives in Gujarat, the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Unions (Amul) is the the first in this sector. Our Co-operatives are called "Anand Pattern Co-operative Societies" following the illustrious lineage of "Amul".
• Government of Kerala
  The Phenomenal success of the Dairy Co-operatives in Kerala could not have been achieved, without the foundation of animal husbandry activities, led by the Animal Husbandry Department, Dairy Development Department and Kerala Livestock Development Board, of the Government of Kerala.

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