An enabling ecosystem needs to be created to facilitate emergence of robust FPOs with integration of multiple stakeholders.
The primary goal of NAFPO is to focus attention on the immense opportunity that Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) present to transform agriculture in India and contribute towards the visionary goal of doubling farmers’ income.
About NAFPO
National Association for Farmer Producer Organisations (NAFPO) is registered as a non-profit, multi-stakeholder owned platform to support institutional development and business stabilization for Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs).
Guiding Objectives
Developing Market Access and Financial Linkages
Capacity Building of Professional management support
Strategy endorsement for FPO advancement
State of the Sector Report 2024 Farmer Producer Organisations in India
About
The State of the Sector Report 2024 - Farmer Producer Organisations in India (SoFPO 2024) report is an attempt to present the status of the FPOs sector and bring out some critical aspects that the sector and the organizations face.
As a matter of regular practice, the report submits to readers, the sector status, with focus on the number of FPOs that came into existence in the last three years, lists the contribution of Central schemes such as the 10,000 FPOs programme, the support system for the sector - including financial, technical, and institutional. This report discusses advancements and changes underway, besides putting forth some apparent emergent trends. The report also includes a primary survey of FPOs to gauge ease of registration, management and governance structures and systems, adoption of technology for business processes, to name a few. Based on this survey, an index to capture the Ease of Doing Business for FPOs has been developed. This index is the hallmark of SoFPO - 2024.
In addition, the report looks at FPOs from the prism of small businesses and assesses through a few chapters the internal and external factors an FPO needs to exist, survive and enter the growth phase. Comparison and contrasting with the typical small business parameters are expected to indicate the similarities between an FPO and a regular small business, even as the differences highlight the challenges an FPO would commonly encounter. These chapters draw from observations of practitioners, with a few case studies to illustrate the inferences. Institutional support mechanisms and use of technology to create a nurturing environment capture the external factors, while granular issues such as building and strengthening member patronage, desisting from early stage fixed capital investments, establishing one or two sound business lines, and focus on profits are a few factors that come out as internal to the FPO. Further, in other chapters, a few policy perspectives, with allusion to the draft National Policy on FPOs are discussed.
An interview with Shri. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Additional Secretary (Marketing), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Govt. of India, adds immense value to the report, where Shri. Kidwai shares upcoming policy initiatives that aim to strengthen the FPO movement.