Cooperative hikes payment to dairy farmers
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An additional ₹3 per litre to be paid for milk collected by ERCMPU
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An additional ₹3 per litre to be paid for milk collected by ERCMPU
The Ernakulam Region Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) has decided to pay farmers an additional ₹3 a litre for milk being collected by the union from March 1, 2021. The cooperative has been paying an additional ₹1.50 per litre to its farmers since February 1 this year.
Chairman of the Ernakulam region John Theruvath said that the the additional payment would be an incentive for farmers. The decision to hike the payment to farmers was taken at the 34th annual meeting of the regional milk union here earlier this month.
Milma training centre in Munnar named after Verghese Kurien
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AAA The revamped Ernakulam Region Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (ERCMPU) training centre in Munnar has been named after Verghese Kurien, the ‘Milkman of India’ and the father of the White Revolution in the country.
The facility was inaugurated at the hill station on Sunday by Dean Kuriakose, MP. P.A. Balan, chairman of Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, presided at the brief function organised in keeping with the COVID-19 protocol.
After the inauguration of the facility, the training centre was named after Kurien to mark his 100th birth anniversary celebrations, said an ERCMPU spokesperson.