by Rukmini | Dec 19, 2023 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Social Organisation
Diversification is a way forward for smallholder farm livelihoods caught in fragile eco systems. Diary husbandry is one of them. Diary farmers in Vidarbha have come together to form Shri Kamdhenu Dairy Farmer Limited, an FPO, which is being managed successfully,... 
by Rukmini | Dec 18, 2023 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Social Organisation
I, N. Keshavamurthy, have originally come from a farming family. I was running a factory for 30 years, earning good income, but owing to labor problem, work stress and health issues, I got more inclined towards agriculture. I was very impressed by the ” ನೋಡಿ... 
by Rukmini | Dec 18, 2023 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Social Organisation
Vikalpini, a women’s network in Sri Lanka, through a continuous community engaging process, empowered women, socially and economically, thus reducing their vulnerabilities. The collective experiences and individual cases highlight that women farmerscan collectively... 
by Rukmini | Dec 18, 2023 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Featured, Social Organisation
As a response to the inefficiencies in the present marketing system and to enable farmers, especially the small and marginal farmers to receive a fair price to their produce, resulting from economies of scale, FPOs are being promoted. Besides the push for forming... 
by Rukmini | Dec 18, 2023 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Social Organisation
Gulbarga district in northern Karnataka has the unique distinction of being known as the ‘tur bowl’ of the state. But even though 330,000 hectares of land is put under tur, or red gram, cultivation and production every year, the yield from this crop is abysmally low.... 
by Rukmini | Dec 18, 2023 | Articles, Farmer Organisations/FPO, Social Organisation
Indigenous communities in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve area have organised themselves into a Farmer Producer Company to secure their livelihoods. The company’s significant growth in terms of membership and the business turnover reflects the success of the model in...