Leveraging Farmer Producer Companies to Transition to Market-Based Production Systems in Jharkhand

Small and marginal farmers in India struggle for access to good quality inputs in farming of crops (seeds, fertilizers, crop protection) and livestock (stock species, breed, density, feed consumption); credit; market acceptance (such as for a new p...

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Main Authors:	Sethy, Paresh, Bihari, Bipin
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	FARM PRODUCER COMPANY COOPERATIVE MARKETING POULTRY TOMATOES MARKET ACCESS INPUT SUPPLY ACCESS TO FINANCE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/250311591190848543/Leveraging-Farmer-Producer-Companies-to-Transition-to-Market-Based-Production-Systems-in-Jharkhand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34716

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spelling	okr-10986-347162021-09-10T09:02:05Z Leveraging Farmer Producer Companies to Transition to Market-Based Production Systems in Jharkhand Sethy, Paresh Bihari, Bipin FARM PRODUCER COMPANY COOPERATIVE MARKETING POULTRY TOMATOES MARKET ACCESS INPUT SUPPLY ACCESS TO FINANCE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION Small and marginal farmers in India struggle for access to good quality inputs in farming of crops (seeds, fertilizers, crop protection) and livestock (stock species, breed, density, feed consumption); credit; market acceptance (such as for a new product); connectivity (for bulk marketing); and storage facilities. Aggregation of farmers into Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) has shown to overcome many of these problems. JOHAR FPCs are unique compared to existing ones because of their huge membership base (7,000–8,000 per FPC), shareholder composition (only women), and product basket with produce that helps double incomes. This note includes experiences and learnings of the implementation of marketing initiatives for: (i) a new poultry product, and (ii) increasing the marketing of tomato produce through post-harvest management practices and technologies. 2020-11-02T21:04:03Z 2020-11-02T21:04:03Z 2020-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/250311591190848543/Leveraging-Farmer-Producer-Companies-to-Transition-to-Market-Based-Production-Systems-in-Jharkhand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34716 English South Asia Agriculture and Rural Growth Discussion Note Series;No. 13 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia India
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description	Small and marginal farmers in India struggle for access to good quality inputs in farming of crops (seeds, fertilizers, crop protection) and livestock (stock species, breed, density, feed consumption); credit; market acceptance (such as for a new product); connectivity (for bulk marketing); and storage facilities. Aggregation of farmers into Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) has shown to overcome many of these problems. JOHAR FPCs are unique compared to existing ones because of their huge membership base (7,000–8,000 per FPC), shareholder composition (only women), and product basket with produce that helps double incomes. This note includes experiences and learnings of the implementation of marketing initiatives for: (i) a new poultry product, and (ii) increasing the marketing of tomato produce through post-harvest management practices and technologies.
format	Brief
author	Sethy, Paresh Bihari, Bipin
author_facet	Sethy, Paresh Bihari, Bipin
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title	Leveraging Farmer Producer Companies to Transition to Market-Based Production Systems in Jharkhand
title_short	Leveraging Farmer Producer Companies to Transition to Market-Based Production Systems in Jharkhand
title_full	Leveraging Farmer Producer Companies to Transition to Market-Based Production Systems in Jharkhand
title_fullStr	Leveraging Farmer Producer Companies to Transition to Market-Based Production Systems in Jharkhand
title_full_unstemmed	Leveraging Farmer Producer Companies to Transition to Market-Based Production Systems in Jharkhand
title_sort	leveraging farmer producer companies to transition to market-based production systems in jharkhand
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/250311591190848543/Leveraging-Farmer-Producer-Companies-to-Transition-to-Market-Based-Production-Systems-in-Jharkhand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34716
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Leveraging Farmer Producer Companies to Transition to Market-Based Production Systems in Jharkhand

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