The delegation was warmly received by the village head and the cooperative’s president, highlighting the community’s readiness to engage with policy makers. In an interactive session, farmers shared detailed concerns relating to dairy farming logistics, fodder availability, cooperative administration and sustainable income generation — key issues for smallholders in the high-altitude, remote context of Ladakh’s dairy sector.

A central theme of the discussions was the importance of policy convergence between cooperative and rural development schemes to ensure that dairy producers can generate stable incomes and access broader support mechanisms. The officials underscored the need for coordinated interventions that align cooperative assistance with rural infrastructure and development planning.

Farmers raised specific operational challenges, including the lack of a dedicated milk transport vehicle — a logistical bottleneck given Matho’s role as a major milk-supplying village. There was also interest in exposure visits to leading dairy operations such as Anand Dairy in Gujarat, reflecting producer aspirations to adopt best practices in dairy management and cooperative functioning.