Status and Market opportunities of Farmer Producer Organization in Kanpur and Agra Districts of Uttar Pradesh
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Date
2019
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Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University Bikaner – 334006
Abstract
Farmers’ organizations are inclusive of the small and marginal are
charged with the purpose of becoming a market outlet for smallholder
farmers in India. Improving farmers’ income-earning capability and
agricultural productivity has been an important strategy of India’s
agriculture development policy.
Farmers' Organizations (FOs) play an important role in the form of an
institutional vehicle to promote agricultural development through the
help of farmers in solving common problems related to agricultural
inputs, loans, technical knowledge and marketing of produce. The aim
of all these services is to improve agricultural activities and to enable
them to gain economic benefits to maintain them.
The initiation has been taken by the Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture to mainstream the idea of
“promoting” and “strengthening” member-based institutions of farmers
in India.
As per the statistics of Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium
(SFAC), out of 833 registered FPOs in India, 144 FPOs are functioning
in Madhya Pradesh, followed by Karnataka 120, Maharashtra 100 and
Uttar Pradesh 50 respectively.