Overview
- GCMMF, marketer of the Amul brand, was named the world’s top cooperative at the ICA CM50 conference in Doha, with IFFCO ranked second.
- The World Cooperative Monitor 2025, produced by the International Cooperative Alliance with EURICSE, bases the ranking on a turnover-to-GDP-per-capita ratio.
- Amul operates a three-tier cooperative network of more than 18,600 village societies representing about 3.6 million milk producers, most of whom are women.
- Managing director Jayen Mehta said the Amul brand is owned and run by farmers and highlighted contributions to UN Sustainable Development Goals including poverty reduction and gender equality.
- India’s Ministry of Cooperation and Union Minister Amit Shah publicly congratulated Amul and IFFCO, calling the recognition a proud moment for the country’s cooperative sector.