Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)

Recently, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) have emerged as a vital collective mechanism to empower small and marginal farmers and strengthen India’s food security.

  • An FPO is a type of producer organisation (PO) with farmers as its members, and its promotion is supported by the Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).
  • The FPOs came into existence in 2008, inspired by economist YK Alagh’s recommendation (2002) to amend the Companies Act, 1956.
  • FPOs can be registered under the Companies Act, 2013, the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or as Public Trusts under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882.
  • FPOs help small farmers ....
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