NAFED proposed to set up a FPO for organic farmers through agency IASPL, Agriwatch in Hoshiarpur district
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bahowal, Hoshiarpur, under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana organised an awareness camp on Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO) in which farmers and groups involved in organic farming participated.
Dr Maninder Singh Bons, Deputy Director (Training), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hoshiarpur welcomed the experts and farmers and urged the farmers present to come forward to avail the benefits of this scheme. He said that the main objective of the FPOs is to enshrine collective work culture, increase the productivity of the farmers, skill enhancement through training and exposure visits, ease in marketing, easy availability of banking facilities and facilities for setting up processing units for business up-gradation. Dr Bons also said that under the able supervision of Apneet Riyait, Deputy Commissioner, Hoshiarpur, concerned departments are making all-out efforts for the formation of FPOs in the district.
National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) has a proposal to set up a Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) for organic farmers through agency IASPL, Agriwatch in Hoshiarpur district, for which Kamaljit Singh and Anuj Sood, representatives from implementing agency IASPL, Agriwatch, shared detailed information about the scheme with the farmers and also had detailed interaction and discussion with the farmers regarding their concerns.
