Enhancing farmers income through farmers' producers companies in India: Status and roadmap

ANIRBAN MUKHERJEE; PREMLATA SINGH; MRINMOY RAY; SATYAPRIYA SATYAPRIYA; RAJARSHI ROY BURMAN

doi:10.56093/ijas.v88i8.82441

Authors

ANIRBAN MUKHERJEE Ph D Scholar, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
PREMLATA SINGH Head, Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
MRINMOY RAY
SATYAPRIYA SATYAPRIYA
RAJARSHI ROY BURMAN

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v88i8.82441

Keywords:

Farmersâ€™ organization, Forecasting, Grey model, Producer company

Abstract

There is a growing optimism that the farmers' organizations can act as a potential driving force for enhancing farmers' income. India has witnessed a positive growth of producer organizations in terms of types of organization, numbers and members. The Producer Company is a special case of producer organization that is registered under Section IXA of the Companies Act, 1956. A need was felt at that time to have an independent farmersâ€™ organization which enables incorporation of producers into such an institution like the companies which will be controlled by them, having welfare and business outlook at a time while not compromising the sustainability issues. That creates the milieu for the genesis of Farmersâ€™ Producer Company (FPC) in India. The FPCs are fundamentally farmer-owned and farmer-governed micro-enterprises which can be considered as hybrids between cooperative societies and private companies. The way of participation, membership and organization is similar to that of a cooperative, while the incorporation into corporate law allows greater flexibility and professionalism in their business actions. Till date 1048 FPCs are registered in India. In this article attempt has been made to review the issues of FPC, current status and future prospects. Forecasting the growth of FPC has been done up to the year 2020 utilizing Grey Model. Emphasis has been given to critically analyse the status, prospects and potentials with future outlook of 2020 concluding with strategies and policy needs.

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Author Biographies

MRINMOY RAY

Scientist, Division of Forecasting and Agricultural Systems Modeling, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012.
SATYAPRIYA SATYAPRIYA

Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
RAJARSHI ROY BURMAN

Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012.

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