A Comprehensive Study on Farmer Producer Companies of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
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2022
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Department of Extension Education Institute of Agricultural Sciences Banaras Hindu University Varanasi
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Collectivization of small and marginal farmers into a formal structure of Farmer Producer Companies has been emerged as a potential approach to address various agrarian issues. After the Government’s emphasis to promote the Farmer Producer Companies in several budgetary sessions, a huge number of Farmer Producer Companies have been registered within few years in Uttar Pradesh but many of them lack sustainability and efficient participation of members in different stages of organizational development. Hence, the present study was conducted to get a brief idea regarding the basic profile of the FPCs along with their role performance and financial performance. Furthermore, the basic profile of the FPC members, their attitude towards the FPC and constraints faced by them while associating the FPC were studied. A combination of Descriptive and Analytical research design along with mixed sampling method was used for the present research. The prime findings from the study were, majority of the FPCs (42.86 %) were belonged to category A as per the NABARD rating tool, the BoDs expressed their requirement for training in following all statutory compliances regarding the producer company, deriving benefits from various schemes, strategic planning for FPC activities, preparation of business plans and in pricing strategy of the products. While assessing the basic profile, it was found that majority of the respondents belonged to middle age group, had education level up to intermediate, had medium level of annual income, had Agriculture as major occupation, with medium level of experience in occupation and low level of social participation. IAPCL and PPPCL were perceived as average performing FPCs, while SKPCL and SCIPCL were perceived as excellent performing FPCs. Financial performance revealed that all of the FPCs were profitable in terms of business. The overall attitude of the members varied based on the role-performance of the respective FPCs. Less capacity building activities for the members, inadequate and untimely supply of inputs, and lack of credit supply from the FPC were some of the major constraints faced by the FPC members.
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Farmer Producer Companies