SFAC-GOI
The Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare empanelled Erode Precision Farm Producer Company as a Resource Institution / Cluster based Business Organisation to promote FPOs in TN under National Food Security mission. The following are the FPOs promoted under SFAC-GOI.
- Erode Pulses Farmer Producer Company Ltd.
- Namakkal Pulses Farmers Producer Company Ltd.
- Salem Kanjamalai Pulses & millet Farmer Producer Company Ltd.
- Tiruppur Farmer Producer Company Ltd.
- Karikalan Pulses Farmer Producer Company Ltd.
Presently two FPOs on ‘Nutri millets’ (Ragi) are under promotion at Thally and Hosur area of Krishnagiri district.
- Hosur Soolagiri Nutri millets Farmer Producer Company Ltd.
- Thally Nutri millets Farmers Producer Company Ltd.
Under 10K FPO Programme the following 6 FPOs are allotted.
a. Pudukkottai district (4 FPOs ) : Manamelkudi, Avudaiyar Kovil, Thirumayam and Ponnamaravathi.
b. Madurai district ( 1 FPO) : Melur.
c. Salem district (1 FPO) : Tharamangalam.
- Linked all the FPOs with e- NAM for better price for farmers produce.
- The process of linking all the FPOs with NeML (NCDEX) platform for spot and future market is in progress.
- Facilitated to avail equity grant , Seed Processing Unit and Value addition units.