Kumar: Akshayakalpa procured zero milk in Chengalpattu over four years
Shashi Kumar · Heartbreaking Truth: The REAL REASON Indian Farmers Struggle - Akshayakalpa Founder on The Neon Show · Nov 17, 2023 · at 53:07
Akshayakalpa founder Shashi Kumar discusses the company's deliberate, research-heavy strategy of building dairy ecosystems before beginning milk procurement.
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“Second cluster in Changalputu district of Tamil Nadu, we started in August, 2019. Ok, this is the four years of work now, so far. In four years, we have not even procured a litre of milk there.”
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