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Cornell University

Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition

Author: Dieter Bouma

Women farmers sorting chili pepper in a field

Key Findings from TCI’s Report on FPOs in India

Last month, we published “The State of Farmer Producer Organizations in India: Performance, Trends, and the Role of Gender.” The report offers an assessment India’s farmer producer organization (FPO) ecosystem, including survival rates, financial performance and governance models. In addition,…
A farmer looks at the FPO database on her computer

How Many FPOs Are There in India? How We Counted the Number of Farmer Producer Organizations

Farmer producer organizations (FPOs) have the potential to significantly aid smallholder agricultural development through the power of aggregation. In India, where most farms are smaller than a hectare, well-functioning FPOs can boost farm incomes through better market linkages and increased…