Farmer producer organisations perform better under Women
Women farmers benefiting from a Walmart Foundation market access programme have shown better participation, awareness, decision-making and are financially independent as office-bearers of farmer producer organisations (FPOs)
An impact study, conducted by an India-based impact measurement firm Sambodhi, found fewer women in programme FPOs borrowed from their household to pay FPO membership fees (22 per cent vs 40 per cent comparison not under the access programme), indicating greater independence.