Akshayakalpa Farms and Foods Ltd, a certified organic dairy enterprise with its plant at Kodihalli in Channarayapatna taluk, has started procuring non-dairy products including country eggs and bananas from farmers. This initiative has helped around 80 women with backyard poultry and 40 banana growers in the villages spread over Channarayapatna (Hassan) and Tiptur (Tumakuru) taluks.
With an intention to reach out to women farmers, the firm encouraged rural women to have backyard poultries. Those women, who had one or two birds about six months ago, increased the number as they were assured of the market support. Around 80 women have set up backyard poultries, each with about 40-50 birds. Birds of Hampshire, Ghagus, Kadakanath, Mysore Local and Aseel breeds are native varieties. The firm extends the services of veterinarians to the farmers and purchases eggs from them.
