Work Experience - FPOs
Promoted 3 FPOs and extend support to 7 FPOs and Cooperatives in the States of Rajasthan, MP and Chhatisgarh covering more than 12,000 smallholders as shareholders.
Cumulative annual turnover is Rs 22.8 Cr for the last FY 2019-2020
Capacity Building
Training Calendar developed for Institutional and Business Strengthening –
- Training Program to the Board of Directors/Management Personnel of FPOs/Producer Cooperatives
- Governance
- Legal and financial compliances
- Strategic and business plan
- Bylaws design and institutional structure
- Training program to the CEOs of FPOs/Producer Cooperatives
- Legal and financial compliances
- Strategic and business plan
- Business and market development
- Production and quality assurance
- Supply chain management
- MIS and M&E
- Financial planning
- Program to the Accountants of FPOs/Producer Cooperatives
- Financial compliances
- Tally design and structure
- Book keeping
- Technical training on subjects
- Market Linkages
- Forged more than 30 institutional tie ups with different buyers for commodities like Maize, Wheat, Pulses, Spices, Gram and Oil Crops
- Successfully established four Agri. value chains –
- Seed Production – Processing – Marketing (> 10,000 Quintals of certified seed annually)
- Organic Commodities with 5,000 farmers; >4,000 Quintals of different organic commodities
- Commodity trading – aggregation and bulk supply to institutional buyers; nearly 6,000 MT annually
- Promoted a brand “Satvik” for Organic Commodities, to connect the farmer with the buyer
- Opened three retail stores in Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur for promotion of Processed Organic Commodities
- Financial Linkages
- Mobilised credit from different Financial Institutions like Nabkisan, Samunnati etc to an extent of 5-8 Cr annually
- Facilitated credit to the farmers directly for purchase of Inputs
- Helped in extending credit to the tune of Rs 70 Lakhs to the farmers directly in the last FY 2019-20