Section 11Sec./Art. 11

Dairy Cooperative and Farmers' Organizations. -The Authority shall help organize small producers and processors of milk into cooperatives or other forms of organizations to achieve the purposes of this Act including the following.

a. to facilitate collective arrangements that will enable cooperatives to acquire dairy animals, feeds, veterinary and other supplies, materials, equipment, services of all kinds and other dairy inputs under favorable terms;

b. to provide a forum for the members of cooperatives to discuss common problems affecting production, marketing and the cooperatives' relationships with the Authority;

c. to help design credit systems that will provide loans, grants and such services as may be required, to dairy cooperatives and duly accredited people's organizations;

d. to assist cooperatives in developing market channels and in negotiations for bulk outlets of milk output;

The Authority shall support the formation of a Dairy Cooperatives Federation among dairy cooperatives as a channel of its coordinative function in the industry.