Small farmers Agri Business Consortium (SFAC):

a case of Mahboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

Agriculture forms an important sector of Indian Economy, But, the potentialities of development of this sector, for expanding employment opportunities, reducing and eliminating rural poverty accelerating agricultural production etc., post-harvest losses, lack of adequate marketing and processing facilities and absence of appropriate linkages between producers and consumers still remains to be exploited. In fact, the Eighth Plan had attached high priority to the objectives of employment and income generation in the rural areas. In this backdrop, the government envisaged the institution of the Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC). Which was announced by the Honorable Finance Minister in his budget speech in February 1992