CII FPO Business Service Unit
An industry led institutional engagement with farmers aimed at benefitting Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) by enhancing their capabilities, building scale, aggregating demand, strengthening market linkages, and improving access to advanced technologies in order to help them Increase their Income.
Program Vision
Establish a unique and credible industry led initiative contributing to the agenda of increasing farmer incomes
Objectives
The Business Service Unit works closely with FPOs, Government (Center & States), Industry and Developmental Institutions towards creating economies of scale for small holder farmer by improving farm productivity, establishing market linkages, and strengthening FPO capabilities.
Improving Farm Productivity
Improving on and off-farm productivity - through the introduction and dissemination of good agronomic practices and climate smart technology
Strengthening linkages
Strengthening organized market linkages across the agriculture and food value chain with an objective of Strengthening linkages spoilage, increasing value addition and enhancing farmer incomes
Strengthening FPO capabilities
Improving managerial capabilities of FPOs through regular capacity building and converging funding from center & state govt schemes to improve access to finance and bridge key infrastructure gaps
Where We Work
Across 8 states, 17 FPOs & Growing
Value
Cumin
Turmeric
Food Grains
Chains
Chilli
Banana
Fruits & Vegetables
17
FPOs
20,000+
Farmers
8
States
Media & Resources
CII’s FPO Business Service Unit – Creating economies of scale for small scale farmers
Aligned to the Government priority and identifying the potential of the aggregation model, work with Farmer producer Organizations (FPOs) has…
Program Partners
Value Chain Digitization Partner
Samudra Network enables the complete value chain digitization with partner marketplace and mobile & web-based FPO Digitization platform.
Training Partners
Program connects to the best capacity building for the FPOs
