Milk Union has started the extension services for their milk producers in the year 1989 under the technical guidance & financial assistance from National Dairy Development Board, Anand. Initially; under the Co-operative Development Programme; the Milk Producers were exposed to the knowledge and practices of principles of Co-operation with an aim to build up their ownership towards the co-operative structure.
Apart from Milk Producers’ the DCS Committee members are also trained for the DCS Management Principles & effective administration of DCS. The DCS Staff Members are also imparted training to update their knowledge,skill and attitude required for the smooth functioning of their co-operatives.
After 10 years of Awareness Training, Milk Union has thought to train/educate the members through the need based training programmes. Under the technical guidance and Financial help of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., Milk Union has decided to implement following modules under village self leadership improvement programme for Milk Producers as a needbase training.
| 1. Cleanliness Modules | For improving cleanliness of DCS will result in Maintenance of Milk Quality. |
| 2. A.I. Module | For improving A.I. Services will result in improvement in productivity. |
| 3. Planning Module | For improving Planning Process of DCS. |
| 4. Milk Testing Module | For improving Milk Testing Procedure of DCS. |
| 5. Feed Module | For improving feeding practices of Cattle/Buffalo. |
As on March 2006, Milk Union has implemented cleanliness module in all functional DC, AI Module in 550 DCS & planning module in 360 DCS.
MODULE DETAILS
1. Cleanliness Module
 | Awareness creating amonst members regarding the Globalization & privatization of Milk Business. |
| Importance of Quality Milk. |
| Identification of Resource Persons & Formation of Core group. |
| Training to core group for improving DCS cleanliness. |
| Zero Audit of DCS Cleanliness. |
| Monthly Audit of DCS cleanliness. |
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Tree plantation by DCS members at RED TAG Day celebration
2. A.I. Module
| Village Awareness Programme on Importance of Animal Breeding. |
| Importance of quality semen and control on waste in the AI process |
| Zero Audit of A.l. Process. |
| Monthly Audit of A.I. Process. |
3. Planning Module
| Discussion with Chairman, Secretary for Creating need of DCS planning. |
| Discussion with Management Committee members to create need of planning &bringing about members involvement fir the long term planning of DCS activities. |
| Implementation of VMS Process at the village through LSIP(Large Scale Interactive Process). |
VMS Process (3 days)
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| Identification of Minimum 60 Members of different age groups, different gender, different educational background etc., |
| To prepare atleast 6 maxmix groups |
Day – 1 Process
| Meditation |
| Importance of long term planning for DCS. |
| Internal Presentation of DCS(Last 5 years). |
| External Presentation of Milk Business. |
| SWOT Analysis. |
| Identification of Values. |
Day – 2 Process
| Meditation |
| Recape of Day-I. |
| Preparation of Mission Statement. |
| Preparation of Journey of 5 years. |
| Identification of Strategic Thrust Area. |
| Identification of Goals of each thrust area. |
Day – 3 Process
| Meditation |
| Recape of Day 2 & 3. |
| Action Planning of each each thrust area. |
| Preparation of Review Schedule. |
Quarterly Review.
| Review of Activities planned. |
| Review of Impact of activities performed. |
| Replanning of activities. |
Annual Review
| Review of activities planned. |
| Review of Annual Targets. |
| Review of Impacts of activity prepared. |
| Revisit the VMS process. |
