Producer Companies in India : Potential to Support Increased Productivity and Profitability of Poor Smallholder Farmers

In 2002, the producer company model emerged to benefit poor farmers in India. This smart lesson, based on the World Bank's growing experience with producer companies in India, builds on lessons learned from the first and second Madhya Pradesh...

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Main Author: Leitch, Helen
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23940811/null
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spelling okr-10986-214652021-04-23T14:04:02Z Producer Companies in India : Potential to Support Increased Productivity and Profitability of Poor Smallholder Farmers Leitch, Helen ACCESS TO BANK ACCESS TO BANK LOANS AGRICULTURE BALANCE SHEETS BANKING SECTOR BOARD MEMBERS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS PERFORMANCE BUYERS CAPABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL FUNDS CAPITAL REQUIREMENT CEO CEOS COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COMMERCIAL BANKING COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPANIES ACT COMPANY COMPETITIVENESS COOPERATIVES CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CROPS DEMAND FOR FOOD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EXPANSION FARMERS FARMS FEED FERTILIZERS FINANCIAL SUPPORT HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES INNOVATION INSURANCE LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL ENTITY LEGAL REFORMS LICENSING LIMITED LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOAN LOANS FROM BANKS LOCAL MARKETS LTD. MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANAGERS MARKET ACCESS MARKET INFORMATION MARKET PRICES MARKET VALUE MARKETING MATURITY MIDDLEMEN NATIONAL BANK NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PC PCS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PHOTO PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROJECT MANAGEMENT QUALITY MANAGEMENT REPAYMENT RESULT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SELF-HELP SERVICE PROVIDERS SHARE CAPITAL SHAREHOLDERS STAKEHOLDERS STORAGE FACILITIES SUPPLIERS TARGETS TAX TAXATION TIMELY ACCESS TURNOVER VALUE CHAIN VENTURE CAPITAL WORKING CAPITAL In 2002, the producer company model emerged to benefit poor farmers in India. This smart lesson, based on the World Bank's growing experience with producer companies in India, builds on lessons learned from the first and second Madhya Pradesh district poverty initiatives projects, which initiated 18 agriculture and livestock companies, involving 46,500 poor small farmers in over 1,550 villages in 14 districts - with 100 percent women shareholders in the livestock companies and 25 percent women owners in agriculture. Together, these 18 companies had an annual turnover of more than 9.5 million dollars in 2011-12. 2015-02-19T20:19:12Z 2015-02-19T20:19:12Z 2014-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23940811/null http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21465 English en_US IFC smart lessons brief; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia India
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topic ACCESS TO BANK
ACCESS TO BANK LOANS
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE SHEETS
BANKING SECTOR
BOARD MEMBERS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS INDICATORS
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
BUYERS
CAPABILITY
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPACITY-BUILDING
CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS
CAPITAL FUNDS
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CEO
CEOS
COLLECTIVE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
COMMERCIAL BANKING
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPANIES ACT
COMPANY
COMPETITIVENESS
COOPERATIVES
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
CROPS
DEMAND FOR FOOD
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EXPANSION
FARMERS
FARMS
FEED
FERTILIZERS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
LAND OWNERSHIP
LEGAL ENTITY
LEGAL REFORMS
LICENSING
LIMITED
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
LOAN
LOANS FROM BANKS
LOCAL MARKETS
LTD.
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MANAGERS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET PRICES
MARKET VALUE
MARKETING
MATURITY
MIDDLEMEN
NATIONAL BANK
NGOS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUTRITION
PC
PCS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PHOTO
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE COMPANY
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
REPAYMENT
RESULT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SELF-HELP
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SHARE CAPITAL
SHAREHOLDERS
STAKEHOLDERS
STORAGE FACILITIES
SUPPLIERS
TARGETS
TAX
TAXATION
TIMELY ACCESS
TURNOVER
VALUE CHAIN
VENTURE CAPITAL
WORKING CAPITAL
spellingShingle ACCESS TO BANK
ACCESS TO BANK LOANS
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE SHEETS
BANKING SECTOR
BOARD MEMBERS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS INDICATORS
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
BUYERS
CAPABILITY
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPACITY-BUILDING
CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS
CAPITAL FUNDS
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CEO
CEOS
COLLECTIVE
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
COMMERCIAL BANKING
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPANIES ACT
COMPANY
COMPETITIVENESS
COOPERATIVES
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
CROPS
DEMAND FOR FOOD
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EXPANSION
FARMERS
FARMS
FEED
FERTILIZERS
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
INNOVATION
INSURANCE
LAND OWNERSHIP
LEGAL ENTITY
LEGAL REFORMS
LICENSING
LIMITED
LIVELIHOODS
LIVESTOCK
LOAN
LOANS FROM BANKS
LOCAL MARKETS
LTD.
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MANAGERS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET PRICES
MARKET VALUE
MARKETING
MATURITY
MIDDLEMEN
NATIONAL BANK
NGOS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUTRITION
PC
PCS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PHOTO
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE COMPANY
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
REPAYMENT
RESULT
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SELF-HELP
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SHARE CAPITAL
SHAREHOLDERS
STAKEHOLDERS
STORAGE FACILITIES
SUPPLIERS
TARGETS
TAX
TAXATION
TIMELY ACCESS
TURNOVER
VALUE CHAIN
VENTURE CAPITAL
WORKING CAPITAL
Leitch, Helen
Producer Companies in India : Potential to Support Increased Productivity and Profitability of Poor Smallholder Farmers
geographic_facet South Asia
India
relation IFC smart lessons brief;
description In 2002, the producer company model emerged to benefit poor farmers in India. This smart lesson, based on the World Bank's growing experience with producer companies in India, builds on lessons learned from the first and second Madhya Pradesh district poverty initiatives projects, which initiated 18 agriculture and livestock companies, involving 46,500 poor small farmers in over 1,550 villages in 14 districts - with 100 percent women shareholders in the livestock companies and 25 percent women owners in agriculture. Together, these 18 companies had an annual turnover of more than 9.5 million dollars in 2011-12.
format Publications & Research
author Leitch, Helen
author_facet Leitch, Helen
author_sort Leitch, Helen
title Producer Companies in India : Potential to Support Increased Productivity and Profitability of Poor Smallholder Farmers
title_short Producer Companies in India : Potential to Support Increased Productivity and Profitability of Poor Smallholder Farmers
title_full Producer Companies in India : Potential to Support Increased Productivity and Profitability of Poor Smallholder Farmers
title_fullStr Producer Companies in India : Potential to Support Increased Productivity and Profitability of Poor Smallholder Farmers
title_full_unstemmed Producer Companies in India : Potential to Support Increased Productivity and Profitability of Poor Smallholder Farmers
title_sort producer companies in india : potential to support increased productivity and profitability of poor smallholder farmers
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23940811/null
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