PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP
ON
“NEED ASSESSMENT OF RESOURCE INSTITUTES WORKING WITH
FARMER PRODUCERS ORGANIZATIONS”
ORGANISED BY
CCS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING
(CCSNIAM) AND
SMALL FARMERS’ AGRIBUSINESS CONSORTIUM (SFAC)
ON 17TH – 18TH APRIL 2015 AT CCSNIAM CAMPUS
In a rapidly changing economic scenario the small farmer can hope to be part of
the transformation if he can access the best agricultural practices, post harvest
management, a modern infrastructure and timely information. However this is
contingent on the small farmer operating on an aggregated paradigm.
The farmer can improve price realization and be linked to the global markets if
he is part of modern and well-coordinated value chains. The fragmented traditional
value chains permit the operation of middlemen who appropriate a large part of the
profits. The Producer Company has been conceived as an organizational entity that
would be run by the producers and for the producers.
Keeping in mind the challenges faced by Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) ,
CCS NIAM in collaboration with SFAC organized a two days workshop on “Need
assessment of Resource Institutes working with Farmer Producers Organizations” on
17th -18th April 2015 at NIAM, Jaipur.
The workshop was aimed at providing an opportunity to share ideas and to
assess the needs of Resource Institutes working with farmer producer organizations
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(FPO) in different states and to enable NIAM to design effective training course for
them. Keeping this in mind, the workshop was broadly divided in three technical
session’s i.e.
TECHNICAL SESSION I - Identifying training needs of the personnel of the
Resource Institutes working with nascent Farmer Interest Groups for enabling them
to register as FPO’s,
Two Resource Institute i.e. Access Development Services and Indian Society of
Agribusiness Professional made a presentation regarding their experience in formation
of FIG and their training needs.
The session was chaired by Mr. T Satyanarayan, Secretary and Managing Editor,
Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing.
Key Points that emerged were:
 Capacity
organization
building
along
of
farmer
with
Resource
Institutes is important.
 The
focus
should
be
on
the
Development of skills in members of
FPO in a professional manner.
 The Resource Institute should only
provide external support for 5 or 6 years otherwise the FPO will continue to
remain dependant. They need to begin with an exit strategy.
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a) To enable the farmers to understand the economic benefits of aggregating
their resources.
b) This would require a shift of focus on their enrolment strategy which is
presently based on encouraging the farmers to get Government subsidy for
this scheme.
Key training requirement:
 Community
Mobilization,
building
loyalty
and
trust
towards
Farmer Producer Organization.
 Value addition, processing and
marketing.
TECHNICAL SESSION II: IDENTIFYING TRAINING NEEDS TO ENABLE FPOS
TO BECOME FARMER PRODUCER PROCESSORS (FPP)
Two Resource Institutes i.e. Indian Grameen Services and National Institute of
Women Child and Youth Dev made presentation regarding their experience and
training needs. The session was chaired by Mr. Shashi Ernath, ILRT (BASIX).
Key training requirements:
 Awareness creation on FPO concept in target region (holding workshops,
meetings etc)
 Programmes for extension support (Trainings on proven cropping techniques,
field demonstrations, exposure visit etc.) to help them increase marketable
surplus
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 Trainings on institution building (record keeping, maintaining meeting registers,
group cohesion aspects, group saving etc.)
 Training Programmes on selling of aggregated produce to help them realize the
advantage of economy of scale. (Linking Groups with potential buyers for their
produce)
 Training Programmes on responsibility of CEO, Board of Directors and others.
 Programmes on Value Chain and other business opportunities
like input
business (seed, fertilizer, pesticides, vermi-compost etc), processing, value
addition at farm gate, output trading (wholesale or retailing to residential
societies), dairy, fishery, poultry, plant nursery, custom hiring, service centre
(Farm machinery Centre) etc.
TECHNICAL SESSION III: IDENTIFYING TRAINING NEED OF FPOS FOR
LINKING THEM WITH NATIONAL MARKETS AND E-TRADING
Actech
Agro
made
a
presentation.
Mr Majoj Rajan, IFS, Managing
Director and CEO, Rashtriya e Market
Services Private Limited interacted with
the group through video conferencing.
He talked about the possibilities of connecting Farmer Producer Organization to E
Trading platform.
The session was an eye opener for the participants and participants had several
queries regarding linking FPOs to the E trading platform.
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Key Points:
 Producer Company incorporated
under
PART
IX
A
of
the
Companies Act 1956 enjoys the
freedom of a Private Limited
company and works on mutual
benefit principle, but it has to pay
tax at 30.9% at par with any
normal company. The participants felt that this tax was a major disincentive in
incorporating the FPOs. It was suggested that CCSNIAM play an active role in
getting an exemption for Farmer Producer Organizations from tax liability.
 It was suggested that a visit of the group may be organized to Bangalore for
better understanding the concept of E Platform.
 Training Programmes should be framed where FPOs would be trained on
 Market Intelligence
 Market Analysis
 Handling of software at E Trading
 Operation and Price management at E Platform
 Value Addition by processing
 Branding
The Workshop ended with a vote of thanks by Dr. Shuchi Mathur, CCSNIAM, Jaipur.
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List of the Participants
S.No.
1
2
Name of the Participant
Soumyajit Auddy
B.N.Tiwari
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Mukesh Mewara
4
5
6
7
8
Ritu Tiwari
Anil K.Punj
Barada Prasanna
Dr S.S.Saini
Dr Sarvendra Kumar
9
Shubendu Dash
10
Amit P.Godbail
11
12
Vishal V.Wagh
Dinesh Prajapat
13
Ravindra Gaur
14
Jay Prakash Sharma
15
Vinay Srivastava
16
17
18
Ms. Mehrun Nisa
T.Satyanarayan
Shashi Ehartn
19
Dileep Gupta
20
21
22
23
24
25
Ms. Manila Mahindra
Ms. Preeti Sharma
Dr Ramesh Mittal
Dr S.R.Singh
Dr. Hema Yadav
Rajesh Purohit
26
Ambuj Kishore
27
Varun Sharma
Organization
Seva Mandir, Udaipur
Grameen Development
Services, Ajmer
Centre for
Microfinance (CMF),
Jaipur
CECOEDECON, Jaipur
CARD, Mandla
ISAP, Delhi
Sumati Foundation
Access Development
Services, Jaipur
Vikasganga Samajsevi
Sanstha, Yawatmal
NIWCYD, Nagpur
NABARD, Jaipur
Ambuja Cement
Foundation
BAIF, Udaipur
EDA Rural System Pvt
Ltd, Varanasi
Saheli Samiti, Dausa
ISAM, Hyderabad
ILRT, Hyderabad
Indian Grameen
Services, Jaipur
SFAC
NIAM
Aravali, Jaipur
State
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Delhi
Gharwal, Uttrakhand
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Rajasthan
Delhi
Delhi
NIAM
NIAM
NIAM
NIAM
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
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28
Bhim Singh
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
Dr. Shalendra
Dr. Neetu Bhagat
N.S.Ranawat
R.C.Choudhary
R.P.Meena
O.M.Sharma
Aditya Bhatnagar
Ranjit Jat
Ms. Reena Shrivastava
R.P.Singh
Ms. Priyanka Katoch
G.S.Nathawat
Rajesh Verma
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Ashish Jasrotia
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Dr. Shuchi Mathur
Anil Gupta
Bagirath Saran
Ram Shaya
Kailash Singh
Ram Kishore
Krishan Verma
Rakesh Verma
Lupin HWRF,
Bharatpur
Rajasthan
NIAM
NIAM
NIAM
NIAM
BAIF, Jaipur
Rajasthan
SRS, Jaipur
Rajasthan
FPO, Ajmer
Rajasthan
IGS, Jaipur
Rajasthan
GMVS, Ajmer
Rajasthan
ICCOA, Delhi
Delhi
Access Development Rajasthan
Services, Jaipur
WASCO, Jaipur
Rajasthan
Actech Agro Pvt Ltd,
Delhi
Nioda
NIAM
FPO
URMUL
FPO, Members
NIAM
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
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