SAHAKARA SINDHU
Department Of Cooperation, Government of Karnataka

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PROCESSING SECTOR

The processing cooperatives have been organized with a view to passing on the benefit of processing to the producer farmers. They have been organized for processing various commodities and include cotton ginning, oil crushing, paddy processing, rice mills, super factories, fruit and vegetable processing units etc.

COMARK

Objectives of the Society:

• To procure, process and market Coffee. Cardamom and other agricultural/plantation produces of the members and if necessary from any other sources or agency basis, or on outright purchases basis to ensure better services and marketing facilities of the members.

• To establish processing units for processing of Coffee, Cardamom and other products.
• To export coffee, Cardamom and other agricultural produces and products.

Share Capital and Membership:

The Share capital received from the Government of Karnataka, under NCDC was Rs 200.00lakhs.

The accumulated loss as on 31-3-2011 is Rs. 1254.43 lakhs.

RUBBER MARKETING AND PROCESSING COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES LTD., MANGALORE,D.K.DISTRICT

The Rubber Marketing and Processing Co-operative Society is registered under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 1984 on 20/08/1998.

The main objective of the society is the centralized purchase of Rubber from the members for the purpose of processing and marketing the same. To arrange, produce, manufacture, refine, prepare, process, import and export and other wise deal in forms of natural and synthetic rubber and all products. Collecting rubber sheets from small farmers and other rubber producing Co-operative societies and selling the same to big consumers like Tyre Factories. Buying inputs in bulk from actual manufacturers and distributing the same to the members, are the other objectives of this society.

Position of the institution as on 31-03-2011

		2010-11
1	Membership	195
2	Paid up share capital Total	100.65
	Of which Govt	-
3	Working Capital	600.00
4	Business Turnover Value	5600.00
5	Trade Profit	195.00
6	Net Profit	28.00

THE KARNATAKA COOPERATIVE OIL SEEDS GROWER'S FEDERATION, BANGALORE

The Federation has 371 Oil Seeds growers Cooperative Societies and 1,43,062 individuals as members covering 3245 villages. It has the total paid up share capital of Rs.179.11 lakhs.

As on 31st March 2011, the federation has made business turnover of Rs.12229.76 lakhs. Total purchase is Rs.8726.65 lakhs with operating profit of Rs. 670.07 lakhs. The federation has earned a net profit of Rs.426.66 lakhs.

THE CENTRAL ARECA AND COCOA MARKETING AND PROCESSING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.,MANGALORE(CAMPCO)

The CAMPCO was registered in 1973 under the K.C.S. Act, with the objective of arranging procurement, processing and conducting sale of arecanut and cocoa. This institution was registered again in 1988 under the Multi-state Cooperative Act, which extends its jurisdiction to Karnataka and Kerala State. However, for the purpose of purchase, processing and the sale of Arecanut and Cocoa and establishment of allied industries and Marketing of their products there are no restrictions of area of jurisdiction.

For Marketing of Chocolates, it has its own marketing team and has entered into an agreement with MIS, NESTLE India Ltd., for the manufacture and supply in bulk quantity of cocoa products.

The institution has a mobile procurement unit at Thirthahalli for extending service at the door steps of the farmers where there is no adequate transportation facility. It has opened a Research and Development wing for price behaviour analysis.

Business Transaction As on 31-3-2011 

Sl.No	Details		Rs in Lakhs
1	Paid up share Capital		2247.50
2	Number of Branches		86
3	Number of Individual Members		115204
4	Number of Member Co-operatives		548
5	Deposit		4236.70
6	Working Capital		26895.21
7	Trade Profit		6736.00
8	Profit (Tentative upto)		2315.00
9	Annual Turnover		68726.00
		Qty.(Qtls)	Value
10	Purchases 1) Arecanut 2) Cocoa                                          (including direct purchase) Sales 1) Arecanut 2) Cocoa	52622 5917   49567 2015	54820.50 4168.73   4168.73 3819.33
11	Copper Sulphate 1) Production 2) Sales	70 89	89.10 115.60
12	Chocolate 1)      Production 2)      Sales	13623.30 7380.77	------------ 13090.77
13	Rubber 1)      Production                       2)      Sales	315 216	635.47 435.37

There are other Areca Marketing and Processing Cooperative Societies in the Areca growing Districts of the State and they are:-

• The Totagars Cooperative Sale Society Ltd., Sirsi.

• The Malnad Areca marketing Cooperative Society Ltd., Shimoga.

• The Areca Processing and Sales Cooperative Society Ltd., Sagar.

• Tota utpannagala Marata Sahakari Sangha Niyamitha, Channagiri.
  

MALNAD ARECA MARKETING COOPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD., SHIMOGA(MAMCOS)

THE ARECA PROCESSING AND SALES COOPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.,(APCOS)

The society was registered during 1973 extending its jurisdiction to three taluks of Shimoga District. The society has 5215 individuals and 41 societies as its members. The paid up share capital is Rs.68.98 lakhs. The society has a working capital of Rs.1457.59 lakhs. During 2010-11the total turnover made by the society was Rs.2843.25 lakhs. The society has earned a net profit of Rs. 30.00 lakhs as on 31-03-2011.

THE KARNATAKA STATE COOPERATIVE HORTICULTURE MARKETING FEDERATION LTD.,BANGALORE

The Federation was registered on 25/10/1996. The main objective of the Federation is to develop and encourage Horticulture, to arrange purchase and sale of Horticulture commodities and also for sale of processed Horticulture products, to supply seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and other Horticulture implements, give financial assistance to the members of the Federation, provide foreign technology to encourage and develop the area of Horticulture. The area of operation extends the entire State. The Government of Karnataka has sanctioned Rs 30.00 lakhs as grant. The society has working capital of Rs.33,15,774 Lakhs, the paid up capital is 9 Lakhs.