India’s youth are fleeing farming, but CCD cooperatives are bringing them back as leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators, powering brands like Farm Veda with fresh energy.

At Centre for Collective Development (CCD), young farmers aged 18 to 35 are taking charge of 542 cooperatives across 5 states, transforming agriculture from subsistence to profitable business for 43,710 smallholders.​

Youth as Cooperative Leaders and Entrepreneurs

CCD trains rural youth to manage village cooperatives, handle digital ledgers, and lead federations. In Anantapur, 25 percent of cooperative board members under 30 now oversee millet processing units supplying Farmveda’s dosa mixes, gaining skills in quality control and market negotiations.​

Tech-Savvy Farming Innovators

Young CCD members adopt drones for crop monitoring and apps for soil testing, boosting groundnut yields by 20 percent. They run Farmveda’s peanut butter production, blending traditional roasting with modern hygiene standards to meet urban demand.​

Job Creators in Processing Units

CCD’s youth operate more than 10 farmer-owned units producing Farmveda’s cold-pressed oils and podis. Roles in machinery, packaging, and lab testing employ over 500 young locals, keeping talent in villages instead of cities.​

Women Youth Breaking Barriers

CCD’s women-led youth groups in Telangana manage over 100 peanut farms for FarmVeda’s spreads. These “farmpreneurs” secure loans using cooperative records, proving cooperatives empower the next generation.​

Success Story: Youth-Led Narayanpet Cooperative

A 28-year-old CCD youth leads 150 members supplying peanuts to Farmveda. Digital sales tracking doubled incomes; now they are expanding into millet snacks, showing youth drive sustainable growth.​

Youth are CCD’s future. Shop Farmveda products to fuel this agricultural revival and support tomorrow’s farmer leaders today!