The Baglung Milk Producers Cooperative has paid Rs 110 million to farmers for milk and dairy products last year alone.
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Farmers here have earned Rs 100 million a year by selling milk. The Baglung Milk Producers Cooperative has been paying Rs 100 million annually to farmers.
Farmers from Kathekhola Rural Municipality 2, 5 and 6 alone sell 3,500 liters of milk daily in the market area and about 2,000 liters in the village. The cooperative has been collecting milk from the homes of 1,500 farmers in those places daily and selling it to the district headquarters.
Through daily milk collection, the cooperative has been supplying the necessary milk and dairy products to the market from Srinagar Tole, the district headquarters. 'We have also met the demand of consumers by making milk, curd, ghee, paneer and chhurpi,' said Deepak Gautam, chairman of the cooperative, 'There is distribution in a way that there is no need to import milk even in the dry season.' Some milk comes to Baglung from Pokhara. Some milk from Baglung also goes to Parbat and Pokhara.
According to the data of the Veterinary and Animal Service Expert Center Baglung, milk production in Baglung is reaching 93 liters per capita per year. The head of the center, Dr. Rishiram Sapkota, said that a healthy citizen can drink 92 liters of milk per year. He also said that the district is self-sufficient with this production. Milk is also being supplied to the local market through small agricultural cooperatives in the Galkot, Jaimini and Burtibang areas of the district according to the demand of the local market. There is no import to the markets except the headquarters. Some has also arrived in the headquarters.
The cooperative has been collecting milk from Baglung Municipality, Kathekhola Rural Municipality and Jaimini Municipality. Apart from that, the organization has also supported the marketing of milk produced by local farmers in places such as Galkot and Burtibang. The business that the government started with 141 liters of milk in 2057 BS has now reached 3,500 liters daily. More than 5,000 liters of milk are being sold daily in the district in all market areas, but there is no data on household consumption.
The organization has been giving prices based on the quality of milk. Although the accepted price is Rs 96 per liter, the organization has given up to Rs 124 per liter to some farmers based on the quality. In the market, it is being sold at Rs 120 per liter.
According to the data of the Baglung Milk Producers Cooperative, in the last fiscal year, Rs 75.291 million was paid to farmers in milk, Rs 21.31 million in plain curd, Rs 30 million in packet curd, Rs 21 million in ghee, Rs 2.3 million in paneer, Rs 5.488 million in chhurpi and Rs 37 thousand in khuwa. Gautam informed that this amount will increase further this year.
The organization's advisor Ram Bahadur GC said that milk production, marketing and preparation of dishes are being carried out through cooperative organizations only in Baglung, Kaski and Tanahun of Gandaki Province. According to the center, Baglung has also become self-sufficient in eggs and meat. The center has also set up a program for the conservation and branding of Lime and Parakote buffaloes. This program aims to increase milk production in the district.
