Ahire, R.D.Lade, Ashish Homraj2023-06-092023-06-092022-12-3023315https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810197564The present study was conducted in Aurangabad and Latur districts of Marathwada region of Maharashtra state which was selected purposively for the research study on the basis of maximum number of Farmer Producer Company. Ex-post facto research design was adopted in the present investigation. From each district, four FPCs were purposively selected which is established five or three years back. Total to the sum of 8 FPCs were selected for the present study. From each selected FPC, Two villages were selected purposively for the study on the basis of maximum number of beneficiaries working under FPC. Fifteen beneficiaries were selected from each Farmer Producer Company randomly comprising total sample of 120 beneficiaries and 120 non-beneficiaries were selected total to the tune of 240. The findings with regard to the selected profile characteristics of the beneficiaries indicate that near about two third (60.84%) of the beneficiaries were belonged to middle age, more than one fourth (28.33%) of the beneficiaries were include in middle school education. Sixty per cent (60.00%) of the beneficiaries were found in medium annual income, near about fifty per cent (49.16%) of the beneficiaries were in small land holding and more than one third (38.33%) of the beneficiaries were found in farming occupation. Fifty per cent (50.00%) of the beneficiaries had medium social participation. About 56.67 per cent of the beneficiaries had medium information seeking behaviour, slightly more than half (51.67%) of the beneficiaries were having medium economic motivation, fifty five per cent (55.00%) of the beneficiaries had medium risk preference, 58.33 per cent of the beneficiaries were include in medium mass medium utilization, more than one third (39.16%) of the beneficiaries attended one training programme. More than two fourth (55.00%) of the beneficiaries were having medium innovativeness, 55.83 per cent majority of the beneficiaries were include in medium scientific orientation, fifty five per cent (55.00%) of the beneficiaries had medium market orientation and more than half (53.33%) of the beneficiaries had medium knowledge, respectively. Summate rating scale by likert (1932) and Edwards (1957) was used to developed and standardize a scale for measuring consequences of farmer producer company on its beneficiaries. It was observed from the study that significance difference was observed in risk management (Z value 2.11*)) among the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries at 0.05 per cent level. As per as cooperation (‘Z’ value 2.71*) was concern a significance difference was seen among the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries at 0.01 per cent level of significance. Study also shows that the coordination (Z value 2.13*) was significant at 0.05 per cent level of significance, time management as an important variable as per as FPCs are concern the Z value 2.95** shows that there is significant difference as per as beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries concern. While operation effectiveness (Z value 2.60**), saving pattern (Z value 3.40**) and market orientation (Z value 2.81**) are concern it is seen that they were significant at 0.01 per cent level of probability indicating that there was significant difference among the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. Study also shows that there was significant difference between the beneficiaries and non- beneficiaries as per psychological behaviour (‘Z’ value 2.46*) and socio-economic status (Z value 2.50*) at 0.05 per cent level of significant. Whereas overall consequences is concern the Z value was 3.63** indicating the significance difference between the beneficiaries and non- beneficiaries at 0.05 per cent level of significant. Correlation analysis showed that annual income, social participation, information seeking behavior, mass media utilization, training received, economic motivation, risk preference, innovativeness, scientific orientation, market orientation and knowledge were positively and highly significantly related with consequences of farmer producer company while education, land holding and occupation were positively and significant with consequences of farmer producer company. However age could not establish any significant relationship with consequences of farmer producer company. Multiple regressions, it was observed that co-efficient of determination (R2) of the independent variable was 0.77. It means that 77.00 per cent of total variation in the overall consequences farmer producer company on its beneficiaries was explained by the 15 independent variables. As per as path analysis in concern it was observed that education, social participation, economic motivation, innovativeness, market orientation and knowledge were important variable in the absence of which, independent variable are not able to influence the overall consequences of farmer producer company. From the study it was found that, the data related to crop production constraints, more than sixty per cent (62.50) of the beneficiaries were belonged to lack of timely availability of farm labour constraint, followed by lack of irrigation facilities (51.66%). The data related to market constraints depicted that, slightly more than fifty per cent (50.83%) of the beneficiaries were belonged to fluctuation in market price for farm produce constraint, followed by Lack of storage facility for farm produce at village level (48.33%). The data related to financial constraints reveled that, slightly more than seventy per cent (70.83%) of the beneficiaries were belonged to high cost of farm inputs constraint, followed by low price to farm produce (60.83%), The data related to technical constraints indicate that fifty five per cent (55.00%) of the beneficiaries were belonged to lack of awareness about new technology constraint, followed by lack of awareness about processing, packaging and labelling of farm produce (50.83%). The data related to participation in an enterprise found that, more than half (53.33%) of the beneficiaries were belonged to lack of importance about various extension programmes organised by Farmer Producer Company constraint, followed by ignorance of beneficiaries about annual group meeting (51.66%). The data related to communication constraints reveled that slightly less than half (49.16%) of the beneficiaries were belonged to lack of liaisons between management committee and beneficiaries farmers constraint, followed by lack of awareness extension agencies/ sources of information (48.33%), respectively. Suggestion was also studied in the present investigation indicated that, more than ninety per cent (93.34%) of the beneficiaries suggested that FPCs should facilitate crop insurance to the members, followed by provision of financial support to the members (91.67%), up to ninety per cent (88.34%) of beneficiaries suggested that FPCs should provide storage facilities, while 85.83 per cent expressed that FPCs should provide various inputs at reasonable rates, whereas 79.16 ,78.33 ,71.67 and 69.16 per cent expressed that FPCs should organize seed production activity, establishment of customer hiring centers for farm machineries at reasonable rates, establishment of linkages with various financial institutes, organization of various training propgramme timely at FPC centers respectively.EnglishThesis