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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
In India, a significant majority of farmers, specifically small and marginal ones, hold 86 percent of operational land and cover 47 percent of the operating area. These farmers encounter challenges in production and post-production stages, such as accessing technology, quality inputs at reasonable prices, seed production, custom hiring, value addition, processing, credit, investments, and crucially, markets. Farmer producer companies (FPOs) are emerging as effective tools for building integrated value chains, aiming to address these challenges and ensure better income for farmers. While around 7,000 FPOs were registered by 2019, many became defunct. Learning from this, the government initiated the promotion of 10,000 FPOs with various incentives in the 2018-19 budget. These measures, including equity support, credit guarantees, and expense coverage, aim to create sustainable FPOs, contingent on effective management, financial literacy, profitability, and tangible benefits for members. The book focuses on evaluating the performance and sustainability of Farmer Producer Companies through 16 chapters, offering valuable insights for stakeholders such as FPOs, policymakers, agro-entrepreneurs, bankers, and agricultural students.
Dr. U.K. Srivastava and Dr. Pramila Srivastava
Dr. U.K. Srivastava obtained his PhD degree in Economics and did post-doctoral work at Iowa State University, USA. He then became faculty member at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad for about 20 years,. He is a Certified Management Consultant and Fellow of IMCI. After leaving IIMA, Dr. Srivastava cofounded consultancy firm, P.S. Management Consultants, Ahmedabad. He has published 34 books and 50+ professional Journal articles.. He has about 45 years of consulting experience. Besides India, he has undertaken consultancy assignments at Bhutan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Burma, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. He has been made the Global Academic Fellow by the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes. He has also been given Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence, Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies, Guru Arjan Dev University, Amritsar, 2021.
Dr Pramila Srivastava obtained her Master’s degree in Economics from University of Mumbai, and PhD degree from Roberto Sorbonne University, France. She is Managing Director of P.S. Management Consultants.. She has received several awards and recognitions for her professional work. These awards include Excellence in Management Consultancy from Global Achievers Foundation, Business Leadership award from Indian Achievers Foundation and she has been made Melvin Jones Fellow by Lions club international.
