The Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF) or Milma was registered as a cooperative society in 1980 with its head office in Thiruvananthapuram. It was brought under the programme of the National Dairy Development Board. KCMMF is a Federation of Regional three Regional Milk Unions, the ERCMPU, TRCMPU and MRCMPU. It follows a cooperative structure and one of the most profitable cooperatives in Kerala State. In 1983, it took over (absorbed) the production and milk marketing facilities under the Kerala Livestock and Milk Marketing Board. The board was later named to Kerala Livestock Development Board.
In the early 1980s, Kerala was seen as a dairy unfriendly State and had to depend primarily on the neighboring States for its milk supply. However, today, Kerala is almost self-sufficient in milk production.
Established in 1980 as the implementing agency for Operation Flood II in the State of Kerala.
