Maharashtra farmers exploring partnerships with corporates
February 12, 2021
MahaFPC has already launched the country’s first onion storage in PPP mode
Maharashtra Farmers Producer Company (MahaFPC), a consortium of about 400 FPCs in the State, is exploring partnerships and joint ventures with corporate houses even as debates and discussions on new farm laws continue.
The MahaFPC has already launched India’s first onion storage and marketing infrastructure through the public-private-partnership (PPP) model. Yogesh Thorat, MD, MahaFPC, told
BusinessLine it is high time farmers looked at equitable partnerships and not a subsidy to survive.
“There is no option for small farmers than to form FPCs and corporate bodies will have to deal with FPCs. Corporate bodies would not be interested in production-centric operations but in infrastructure and value chain development. We are looking for investment-centric partnerships and joint ventures. This is the way to move forward,”
FPOs show the way of turning agriculture into a profitable venture
February 10, 2021
Aggregation of small and marginal farmers in FPOs helped to enhance market linkages and improving their income.
More than 86 per cent of farmers in the country are small and marginal. But many of these small farmers have joined hands to form Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO), and in States like Maharashtra, they have turned agriculture into a profitable venture.
Aggregation of small, marginal and landless farmers in FPOs has helped enhance the farmers’ economic strength and market linkages for improving their income.
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Inspired by the success of FPOs, the Centre has launched a new scheme titled ‘Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Produce Organisations (FPOs)’ with a clear strategy and committed resources with a budgetary provision of ₹6,865 crore.
NABARD says high agri growth must be based on farmer producer organisations
About 8,500 FPOs have been promoted in the country by various agencies with 4,868 of them by NABARD alone, its chairman Dr G R Chintala told reporters at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)
PTI | February 10, 2021 | Updated 17:38 IST
NABARD has said the strategy of achieving higher growth in agriculture needs to be based on forming new farmer producer organisations (FPOs) and nurturing the existing ones, an official said on Wednesday.
As of January 2021, about 8,500 FPOs have been promoted in the country by various agencies with 4,868 of them by NABARD alone, its chairman Dr G R Chintala told reporters at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU).
Keeping in mind that there must also be a concurrent evaluation of whether some course correction was required, NABARD conducted an internal study on FPOs in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan covering 1,886 farmers having membership in 39 FPOs and 971 farmers without any membership, Dr G R Chintala said.
Govt to set up 1,000 farmer producer organisations, allocates Rs 6,865 crore
During 2020-21, a total of 2,200 FPO produce clusters have been allocated for formation of FPOs, which also include specialised FPO produce clusters such as 100 for organic, 100 for oil seeds
BusinessToday.In | February 9, 2021 | Updated 20:51 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched Formation and Promotion of Farmer Producer Organisations FPO) on February 19, 2020
In a bid to transform agriculture into a sustainable enterprise through farmer producer organisations (FPOs), the central government has proposed to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs in the country with budgetary provision of Rs 6,865 crore, says Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.