Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM) Umeed has initiated a first of its kind all-women Dairy Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) at Mitrigam in Pulwama district, local media reports said. The initiative was started by the group with its Self Help Group (SHG) platform.

 Shahzada, an FPO member from the Self Help Group Chandani, told ANI, "I, along with 10 others, have been working very hard, and we have been helped immensely by the government under the JKRLM s Umeed scheme. The Department of Animal Husbandry has also helped us a lot."

This Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) functions like any other professional Private Limited company; it has a CEO and a Board of members. It can undertake all activities as per its Article Of Association (AOA) for the collective effort of Farmers, including setting up common facilities like a milk plant, fodder plant, etc, IBNS said quoting ANI.