farm produce
Maharana Vikramsinhji had worked with Dr. Verghese Kurien at the National Dairy Development Board back in the 1970s. It was after his stint at Anand, that he and Late Maharana Digvijay Sinhji encouraged the farmers at Jambughoda to start the first milk cooperative in the Jambughoda Taluka with 11 members almost forcibly.
This was much to the reluctance and dislike of the farmers who didn’t know of how they would be benefitted by it at all. We today are proud to have a milk collection of 10,000 lts to 13000 lts, with 34 milk cooperatives out of which 4 are fully operated by women; which has benefitted approximately 5000 farmers. 1500 of them being women.
Spreading awareness
The Jambughoda family has always been involved in spreading awareness and ensuring that the people at Jambughoda benefit from the fast paced development, but at the same time keeping the eco-system intact. Be it education, livelihood, forest, dairy, agriculture, horticulture or organic vegetables, the aim has been – community benefit.
The idea is to simply serve what is grown. When was the last time you sat under a mango tree and relished a mango? With your eyes shut all you can see, taste, feel, smell and hear is nature in it’s pristine form. A Home For Nature Lovers – Jambughoda Palace in the heart of woods offers you just that !