Raju, K V and Wani, S P (2016) Rythu Kosam Andhra Pradesh Farmer Producer Organisations Promotion Policy – 2016: Operational Guidelines. Technical Report. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad.
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The report is prepared by Dr. K V Raju, Theme Leader – Policy and Impact and Dr. S P Wani, Regional Program Director – Asia and Theme Leader – ICRISAT Development Center from ICRISAT & The Chief Secretary and Commissioner, Horticulture and other Senior Officers from the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Abstract
The government of Andhra Pradesh aspires to bring together 10 lakh farmers through 1,000 FPOs in the state with an objective to maintain a leadership position in India across the primary sector. This requires transformational interventions with necessary participation of all stakeholders. The following document is a step towards the same. The collectivization of producers, specifically marginal and small farm holders into producers’ organizations is emerging as the effective possible pathway to address improved access to investments, technologies, knowledge support, inputs and markets. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has identified Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) as the appropriate institutional form around which farmers would be mobilized and their collective capacity of production and marketing can be leveraged by strengthening their capacities. The formation and development of FPOs will be actively encouraged and supported by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and their agencies, using financial resources from various centrally-sponsored and state-funded schemes along with resources mobilized from the financial institutions. This Operational Guidelines document is a reference guide for line departments and development agencies which seek to promote and support Farmer Producer Organizations...
| Item Type: | Monograph (Technical Report) |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : Asia |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Farmer Producer Organisations, Andhra Pradesh, AP, FPOs, Agriculture, Farming Communities |
| Subjects: | Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2017 10:42 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2017 10:42 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9871 |
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