Hyderabad: Tirupati-based women dairy farmers’ organisation Shreeja Mahila Milk Producer Company (SMMPCL) has bagged an award for ‘innovation in women empowerment in the dairy sector’ at the World Dairy Summit in Chicago.
Shreeja was among the three entities nominated from India for the award besides another all women milk producer company supported by NDS, Asha Mahila Milk Producer Company Limited from Udaipur in Rajasthan and Gujarat Milk and Marketing Cooperative Federation.
Currently, the SMMPCL is spread across 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu with an average milk procurement of 5.5 lakh litres per day (LLPD) and hoping to touch a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore this fiscal.
“It is the proudest movement for women dairy farmers of the country and the organisation to get the honour on a global platform for empowerment of women dairy farmers,” SMMPCL Chief Executive Officer Jayatheertha Chary said while receiving the award.
