COVID-19 and Dairy Co-operatives – A Qualitative Assessment using Focus Group Discussions

AUTHORS :

S. N. Tripathy

DOI :

CP2020/OCT-MAR/ARTCL1

ABSTRACT :

The present paper with the help of secondary sources of data attempts to capture the major events that shaped the course of cooperative movements in Odisha. The paper portrays the prevailing socio-economic factors and key events which contributed to the development of cooperatives in different phases and its genesis and growth trend in Odisha in the national perspectives.

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KEYWORDS :

Cooperatives Movements, Rural credit, Money lenders, Farmers.

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Girish Mangleek, A. K. Tiwary, Anshu Singh, Sonal Kadam

DOI :

CP2021/October-December2021/ARTCL6

ABSTRACT :

To restrict the spread of COVID-19, country wide lockdowns were imposed by governments across the countries impacting export, import and consumption of milk & milk products in different ways. In India, imposition of restrictions for the control of COVID-19 pandemic affected supply as well as demand of the milk for dairy co-operatives.

The research conducted was exploratory and qualitative in nature. The research relies on both, primary as well as secondary data. Focus Group Discussion was used to collect primary data. FGDs were divided into two groups. First group included Board of Directors and Managing Directors along with Employees of selected milk unions. Further, Dairy Farmers of respective milk unions formed second group. Two rounds were conducted of each FGD with 19 questions.

Though, during lockdown, milk production, collection, processing and marketing did not stop, negative consequences were seen on the business of co-operative milk unions, private dairies and dairy farmers. Co-operative milk unions, village level milk societies and dairy farmers collectively tackled this pandemic situation.

It was observed that, there have not been any major policy changes undertaken by milk unions after COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is suggested that, they should make strong policy changes like maintaining special funds to face such unprecedented events in future.

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