Payday at the Mulukanoor Women's Cooperative Dairy

Abstract

Payday at Mulukanoor Women's Cooperative Dairy in Telangana, India. In mixed men and women dairy cooperatives, women are barely seen and hardly heard, and 90% of the money given to men for the milk payments never reaches the household. Yet women do most of the milk production work. The Mulukanoor Women’s Cooperative Dairy’s founding principles established women-only membership, with women receiving the dairy money. But this doesn't just benefit women - it benefits the whole household. Read more in the ILRI 2019 Annual Report: https://www.ilri.org/news/annual-report/making-milk-in-24-hours