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'''The Totgars' Cooperative Sale Society Limited''' is a farmer's co-operative founded in 1923. It is located in Sirsi taluka of [[Uttara Kannada]] district of [[Karnataka]] an Indian state. The society had 23,000 members as mentioned in an end of 2016 news story.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2016/12/12/the-savagery-of-demonetisation-in-rural-karnataka|title=The Savagery Of Demonetisation In Rural Karnataka|newspaper=Bloomberg Quint|access-date=2016-12-16}}</ref> It is the second oldest [[Areca nut|betel nut]] cooperative in Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWUApdcHnwsC&dq=totgars&pg=PA76|title=Arecanut Production and Marketing in India|last=Giriappa|first=S.|date=1994-01-01|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=9788185880457|language=en}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The word ''totgar'' means orcharder in [[Kannada]].<ref name=":1" />

== History ==
The society started as "Sirsi Totgar's Co-operative Purchase-Distributive Credit Society Limited" in 1923. In 1929 it became "The Totgars' Co-operative Sale Society Limited.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6by1AAAAIAAJ&q=totgars|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: Uttara Kannada|last1=(India)|first1=Karnataka|last2=Kāmat|first2=Sūryanātha|date=1985-01-01|publisher=Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|isbn=|location=|page=454|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref>
* "The Tropical Agriculturalist, Volume 48 - 1917" mentions that the Sirsi Totgars got remunerative prices for their produce as they sold it through their societies.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4MQAQAAMAAJ&q=totgars+cooperative+-tax|title=The Tropical Agriculturalist|last=|first=|date=1917-01-01|publisher=|isbn=|location=|pages=263|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref>
* "Annual Administration Report on Working of the Co-operative Societies in Bombay State for the Year - 1931" mentions that though selling was good the functioning was not to satisfaction.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGzOAAAAMAAJ&q=totgars+cooperative+-tax|title=Annual Administration Report on Working of the Co-operative Societies in Bombay State for the Year|last=(India)|first=Maharashtra|date=1931-01-01|publisher=|isbn=|location=|page=35|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref>
* "Annual Administration Report on the Working of Cooperative Societies - 1952" mentions that the society had a 1363 members and a working capital of Rs. 5.86 lakhs, a share capital of Rs. 1,21,580 and a reserve fund of Rs. 69,918. It sold agriculture produce worth Rs. 38,50,040 and made a profit of Rs. 29977.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsYdAQAAIAAJ&q=totgars|title=Annual Administration Report on the Working of Cooperative Societies|last=Societies|first=Bombay (India : State) Registrar of Cooperative|date=1952-01-01|publisher=|isbn=|location=|pages=39|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref>
* "Review of the Co-operative Movement in India, Volume 9 - 1958" makes a special mention of the society.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzfVAAAAMAAJ&q=totgars+cooperative+-tax|title=Review of the Co-operative Movement in India|last=India|first=Reserve Bank of|date=1958-01-01|publisher=Reserve Bank of India|language=en}}</ref>

== Activities ==
Amongst the following are the activities of the society:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/demonetisation-government-should-not-vilify-cash-should-replenish-supply-so-that-growth-picks-up/470065/|title=Demonetisation: Government should not vilify cash; should replenish supply so that growth picks up|date=2016-12-10|newspaper=The Financial Express|access-date=2016-12-16}}</ref>
* Commission agent at Sirsi betel trading yard Sirsi with the biggest share (61% in 2015–16), the Sirsi yard is the largest for trading whole husked betel nut in the district.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxjbAAAAMAAJ&q=sirsi+betel+nut+trading+yard+largest|title=Agricultural Marketing: A Case Study of Arecanut Marketing|last=Anitha|first=H. S.|date=2000-01-01|publisher=Mangal Deep Publications|isbn=9788175940536|location=|pages=16,21|language=en|quote=|via=}}</ref>
* Purchase and sale of seeds, fertiliser, irrigation equipment and groceries.
* Cooperative banking.
* Issue of debit and credit cards.
* Renting of [[Warehouse|godown]] space.
* Loans against stock.

== References ==
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[[Category:Cooperatives in India]]

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