AADHIMALAI

Aadhimalai has been incubated by Keystone Foundation (www.keystone-foundation.org) in April 2013. The NGO has been working from the past two decades in the Nilgiri biosphere reserve on the intersection of environment and livelihood. The intervention has been in 147 villages. The community is involved in cultivating coffee, pepper, silk cotton, millets, pulses, cereals, spices and fruits. Further the community is traditionally involved in collecting honey, amla, shikakai, soap nuts & berries, phoenix leaves seasonally from the adjacent forest. The Producer Company was established due to the lack of a sustained and organised intervention in this area. There was a need to provide a fair price, eliminate market fluctuations and ensure continuous marketing of these produce.

Also known as: Aadhimalai Pazhanagudiyinar Producer Company Limited, Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company, Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Limited, Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Ltd.