Tag: Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs)

FPCs are powerful tools to allow smallholder farmers more control over the markets where they trade. This helps to transform agriculture productivity and increase small-scale producers’ incomes. However, cluster-based business organizations should recognize the inherent challenges that FPCs face and learn to address the pitfalls in managing FPCs to realize their potential. This blog outlines these challenges and share insights to address such pitfalls.

The formation of Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) has gained significant momentum in Bihar. However, stakeholders do not fully understand their capacity, functioning, and challenges. MSC studied 35 FPCs across 10 districts in Bihar state to address this gap. The study yielded critical insights into FPC operations, management, and sustainability, which this blog outlines.

MSC (MicroSave Consulting) studied 35 FPCs across 10 districts in Bihar to better understand their functioning and the challenges. Read our report to unearth more granular insights.

India’s policymakers view the trading of commodity derivatives skeptically. As a result, they have enacted occasional bans and suspensions. Unfortunately, this apprehension is often misplaced and appears to be driven by concerns of speculative trading and market price manipulation. However, farmer producer companies have increasingly traded commodity derivatives to establish market linkage, achieve better price realization, and hedge commodity price fluctuations.