Farmer Production Organization: If the farmers unite, can’t they do anything? Farmers’ unity increases the morale of the farmers. One gets inspiration to perform better in agricultural work and move forward. The challenges facing agriculture can also be solved with solidarity. Many times this solidarity becomes an example of social and economic cooperation, therefore, to unite the farmers, the exercise to form Farmers’ Production Organization is going on. The success stories of these farmer producer organizations inspired other farmers during the Corona pandemic. Today, some credit for the increasing prosperity in the agriculture sector can also be given to the farmer producer organizations, by joining which many farmers have now become a little confident about their future.
From government schemes to ministers’ speeches, farmer producer organizations dominate, but what are these farmer producer organizations that have become an example of agricultural unity, how do they make farmers self-reliant, how can new farmers join the farmer producer organization and these farmers What kind of help producer organizations provide, all these questions are still in the mind of the farmers, which will be answered in this article.
What is Farmer Producer Organization
Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) is nothing but a self-help group formed by farmers, where farmers help farmers. By joining these farmer producer organizations, seeds, fertilizers, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery, green houses, polyhouses, agricultural techniques, market linkages, training, networking, financial help and technical support are made available to farmers at cheap prices, so that the morale of the farmer Grow and they can perform better in farming without any hindrance.
At the time of the Corona epidemic, when the economy of the entire country was in disarray, thousands and lakhs of farmers got better prices for their crops with the help of farmers’ production organizations. Continued farming even in times of disaster. The central government tested the power of farmer producer organizations and gave green signal to the establishment of 10,000 farmer producer organizations to increase the income of farmers.
How do Farmer Producer Organizations work?
As it is clear from the name that the Farmers’ Production Organization is completely an organization of the farmers. In these organizations only the member farmers take the responsibility of helping each other. It is mandatory to have at least 11 farmers in each farmer producer organization.
There are farmers from every section in these organisations. Here farmers from economically weaker sections can also become members. From small and marginal farmers to big farmers, membership is also given. These FPOs provide facilities for loan, crop sale, packaging, transportation, marketing etc. to their member farmers with mutual cooperation, so that the farmer does not have to travel here and there.
By joining these farmer producer organizations, you can also start your own agri business or custom hiring center. Inputs and services are made available at subsidized cost to the farmers involved in these organizations when required, which reduces the cost of farming and makes it easier for the farmer to earn the right profit.
Government is giving 15 lakh rupees
Establishment of farmer producer organizations is being encouraged by the central government. For this, the Farmer Producer Organization Scheme is also being run, under which, on application, an assistance of Rs 15 lakh is given to the Farmer Producer Organization, which works in the interest of the farmers for 3 years.
To get the benefit of this scheme, it is mandatory to have 100 farmers in the farmer producer organizations working in the hilly areas and at least 300 farmers in the farmer producer organizations in the plains.
After application, NABARD Consultancy Services continuously monitors the functioning of the FPOs and gives ratings to these FPOs. The names of farmer producer organizations with good ratings are forwarded and only they get the benefit of Rs.15 lakh assistance.
how to apply
If you are also a farmer and want to join the Farmer Producer Organisation, then you can contact the Agriculture Department office of your district. If farmers together want to form a new FPO, then by suggesting a name, they can get it registered under the Companies Act. Tell that it is mandatory for all the members of the Farmer Producer Organization to be farmers and have citizenship of India.
During the application, farmers will also have to provide their Aadhaar card, permanent resident certificate, land papers, bank account details, passport size photo and registered mobile number. Official website for more information http://sfacindia.com/FPOS.aspx Can also visit.
Disclaimer: Some of the information given in the news is based on media reports. Farmer brothers, before implementing any suggestion, do consult the concerned expert.
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