▁grass ro ots ▁dem ocracy ▁and ▁leadership . ▁It ▁made ▁India ▁the ▁world ' s ▁largest ▁milk ▁producer ▁from ▁a ▁milk - def ic ient ▁nation , ▁which ▁double d ▁milk ▁available ▁per ▁person ▁and ▁increased ▁milk ▁output ▁four - fold , ▁in ▁ 3 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁He ▁pione ered ▁the ▁' An and ▁pattern ' ▁of ▁da iry ▁co oper atives ▁to ▁rep licate ▁it ▁nation wide , ▁based ▁on ▁using ▁suitable ▁' top - down ' ▁and ▁' bottom - up ' ▁approaches ▁simultaneously , ▁to ▁essentially ▁a ▁low - input , ▁low - output ▁Am ul , ▁his ▁stand alone ▁co oper ative ▁then , ▁and ▁today ▁India ' s ▁largest ▁food ▁brand , ▁where ▁no ▁milk ▁from ▁a ▁far mer ▁was ▁refused ▁and ▁ 7 0 – 8 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁price ▁by ▁consum ers ▁went ▁as ▁c ash ▁to ▁da iry ▁far mers ▁who ▁controlled ▁the ▁market ing , ▁the ▁proc ure ment ▁and ▁the ▁processing ▁of ▁milk ▁and ▁milk ▁products ▁as ▁the ▁da iry ' s ▁own ers , ▁while ▁h iring ▁profession als ▁for ▁their ▁skills ▁and ▁induct ing ▁technology , ▁in ▁man aging ▁it . ▁ ▁A ▁key ▁in vention ▁at ▁Am ul , ▁the ▁world ' s ▁first , ▁was ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁milk ▁pow der ▁from ▁the ▁abund ant ▁buff alo - mil k , ▁instead ▁of ▁from ▁the ▁conventional ▁cow - mil k , ▁short ▁in ▁supply ▁in ▁India . ▁Ke en ▁on ▁a ▁strong ▁link age ▁between ▁town