A step towards strengthening women led farmer producer company in rural India: Story of Mannonati Mahila Kisan Producer Company Limited
Unlocking the power of small and marginal farmers that constitutes around 85 percent of the farming population, is one of the primary goals for the farmers welfare. This is the focal point on which the Farmer Producer Company (FPC) works as a vehicle to enhance farmer income. So far in India, more than 15,000 FPCs have been formed and another same number are in line for promotion in the coming years by 2025. Some of the federations in the form of FPCs in this context have shown positive and encouraging results through organising seed production, establishing a proper market linkage and initiating the procurement from the farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP). However, recent years have also seen that the farmers have moved beyond just seed production and have started working on the value chain through processing of the primary products before selling it to the consumers.
FPCs with right amount of support can bring tremendous change in the field of agriculture and other allied & related sectors and this can be possible when the small farmers are mobilised and bought together to form a larger group under one umbrella, build their capacity and leverage the strengths collectively to enhance the overall production capacity and marketing opportunities.