Performance Evaluation of Farmer Producer Companies in Manipur– A Case Study

Agriculture comprises the primary source of livelihood for about 50% of India’s population. Yet its contribution to the GDP has declined to only 17% of the GDP at current prices. There are more than 570 million farms run by smallholder farmers operating in 12 % of the total agricultural land. These small farmers have no access to right inputs, lack of knowledge on modern farming techniques and lack direct market access. These farmers carried on farming activities only for their subsistence and not as a business opportunity, thus depriving them of earning a better livelihood. Given the support and direction, smallholder farmers would even transform the entire food and agriculture sector. The farmer producer organisation came to existence to empower the farmers by leveraging their strengths to enhance crop productivity and thereby realising profitable markets. The goal of farmer producer organisation is to increase farmer’s advantage in emerging market opportunities and their competitiveness

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