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Collectivization of producers, especially small and marginal farmers, into producer organisations has emerged as one of the most effective pathways to address the many challenges of agriculture but most importantly, improved access to investments, technology and inputs and markets. Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India has identified farmer producer organisation registered under the special provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 as the most appropriate institutional form around which to mobilize farmers and build their capacity to collectively leverage their production and marketing strength. especially producer companies and link them to benefits under various programs and schemes.

Stage One: Pre-project Implementation (Three months) Baseline on volume, value & market access, centrality analysis, (i) Identification of Product specific clusters (ii) Feasibility Analysis -break-even Estimates (iii) Project Implementation Plan procurement, inputs, storage

and marketing,

Stage Two: Enhancing Capacity & Implementation of Surplus Farm Production Plan (Mobilization Phase) (i) Village meetings- identify potential farmers, identify opinion leaders (ii) Identification of potential farmers for FIG & FPOs, LRP/ BF/LF Identification (iii) Hand holding support for Productivity Increase, IPM/ INM/ IPP

(iv) Identifying Value-proposition for setting FPO (logic of collectivization) (v) Exposure Visit of Farmers/opinion leaders.

Stage Three: Pre-formation Stage of FPO/Collective and preparation of FPOs business plan through FIG level exercise (i) Demonstration conducted on improved agriculture

practices (ii) Start up shareholders campaign (iii) Identification of training needs & imparting training to promoters and farmers of FPO (iv) FIGs meeting & orientation

started for FPO scoping, vision building exercise & exposure visit of promoters farmers (v) Generate crop-wise household information with surplus, deficit and gap exists (vi) FPO forming process initiated.

Stage Four: FPO formation Stage (i) Identification of FPO

promoters by FIGs (ii) Initiation of statutory process required for formation of FPO

like attainment of PAN, DIN of Directors etc (iii) Stabilize New Surplus Production System & Farmers in 2nd Crop Cycle (iv) Finalizing list of FIG members willing to join FPOs and start share money collection (v) Membership drive continues and framing of Bye-laws/MoA /AoA, incorporation of FPO (vi) Training of FIG members promoters on FPOs

Stage Five: (FPO establishment stage) (i) Physical establishment of FPO (ii) CB inputs need assessment (iii) Strengthening FPO –providing services for system development (Operating System, MIS, HR), (iv) Business Planning Exercise Market Linkages for Produce (v) Interface with buyers/marketers (vi) Increasing FPO’s equity though matching grants from SFAC.

Stage Six: (i) Implementation of business plan of FPO.

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• Maharashtra Village Social Transformation Foundation (MVSTF), Maharashtra State Rural Livelihoods Mission (MSRLM), and Maharashtra Agricultural Competitiveness Project (MACP) intend to collaboratively formulate and implement a state of Maharashtra Agribusiness and Rural Transformation -“SMART” Livelihood Project for Rural Maharashtra.

The project aims to transform Rural Maharashtra through “SMART” interventions in Agriculture and Livelihood sectors, assisted by World Bank. Over the years, Government of Maharashtra has been consistently putting efforts and resources through various central and state government schemes, programs and projects for development and transformation of agriculture and rural sectors and actively seeking private sector participation in these initiatives.

• Support value addition in the post-harvest segments of agriculture value-chains;
• Facilitate agribusiness investments through inclusive business models that provide opportunities to small farmers;
• Stimulate the establishment of small and medium enterprises; and
• Support resilience of agriculture production systems to better manage increasing production and commercial risks associated with climate change.

SMART Goal

The goal of the project is to enhance the enterprise formation, increasing access to markets; and promoting climate resilience and resource-use efficiency.

Input Supply Services: The FPCs will channel low cost and quality inputs including custom hiring equipment to member farmers. It will supply fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, sprayers and pump sets, accessories, and pipe lines, where feasible.

Aggregation or Procurement and Packaging Services: The FPCs may procure agriculture produce from its member farmers; will do the storage, value addition and packaging.

Marketing Services: The FPCs may undertake storage and direct marketing (retailing, supply to processing retailers) after procurement of agricultural produce. This will enable members to save in terms of time, transactioncosts, weighmentlosses, distresssales, pricefluctuations, transportation, qualitymaintenanceetc. Theymayalso facilitate trading on the NCDSX platform and also provide MSP related procurement services.

Insurance Services: The FPCs will channel various insurance like Crop Insurance, Electric Motor Insurance, etc.

Technical Services: FPCs may promote best practices of farming, maintain marketing information system, diversifying and raising levels of knowledge and skills in agricultural production and post-harvest processing that adds value to products. They may also channel custom hiring services for farm mechanisation and operate common facility centres.

Processing Services: The FPCs will facilitate the job-work based cleaning and grading of raw agricultural produced brought in by the farmers. The company would levy comparatively lower service charges (by 2-3%) to members as compared to the non-members. The job-work based primary processing charges for cereals and fruits and vegetables vary from Rs. 50-150 per quintal based upon the type of produce. Such facilitation services by an FPC in the initial stages actually allow it to operate under limited credit and infrastructure availability; it need not buy and store huge volume of raw produce at its premises.

Networking Services: Making various service providers and services (e.g. about input sourcing, custom hiring of equipment and product specifications, market prices) and other business services accessible to producers; facilitatinglinkageswithfinancialinstitutions,buildinglinkagesof producers,processors,tradersandconsumers,facilitating linkages with various government programmes.

Transport facilitation: Transport vehicles services are also provided for, particularly in horticulture focused FCSCs.