Food, Agriculture, Agri Business, Startup Ideas, New Technology, Agri Economics, Environment

#Corona  Effect   on AgriBusiness 1.       Farmer producer organisations are making direct suppliers of fruit, vegetable and other farm related product to the city areas to the housing societies. Food supply chain is now very important in this crisis and the farmer to Direct customer supplies has been increased in the #lockdown period of #coronavirus. Farmer to consumer directly supply. 2.          Farmer producer organisations are allowed to purchase food grains     directly from farmers, without (#APMC) agriculture produce Market Committee and middle man interference. The (#e-NAM) National agriculture market has been granted a sanction for the whole Nation and the state States has to take the decision. 3.          #Coronavirus now proved that along with doctors, police, government official the very important thing what we need is the food grains,...

FPOs-Top 10 Differences Between FPOs (Farmer Producer Organisation) & Co-operative Societies.   Key differences between Cooperative Societies and Producer Companies   PARAMETER - 1.COOPERATIVE SOCIETY 2. PRODUCER COMPANY Registration - 1.Cooperative Societies Act       2. Indian Companies Act Objectives- 1.Single object   2.Multi-object Area of Operation - 1.Restricted   2.discretionary Entire Union of India Membership - 1. Individuals and cooperatives   2.Any individual, group, association, producer of goods or services Shares- 1. Non tradable   2.Not tradable but transferable; limited to members at par value.   Profit sharing 1.Limited dividends on shares Commensurate with volume of business Voting rights One member, one vote, but Government and Registrar of Cooperatives hold veto power One member, one vote. 2.Members not having transactions with the company cannot vote.   Government co...

Mega Food Parks -Food Processing Industry-Startups Business Opportunity. The Scheme of Mega Food Park aims at providing a mechanism to link agricultural production to the market by bringing together farmers, processors and retailers so as to ensure maximizing value addition, minimizing wastage, increasing farmers income and creating employment opportunities particularly in rural sector. The Mega Food Park Scheme is based on “Cluster” approach and envisages creation of state of art support infrastructure in a well-defined agri / horticultural zone for setting up of modern food processing units in the industrial plots provided in the park with well-established supply chain. Mega food park typically consist of supply chain infrastructure including collection centers, primary processing centers, central processing centers, cold chain and around 25-30 fully developed plots for entrepreneurs to set up food processing units.         ...

Startup Ideas Digital Farming (Agriculture). Agri business opportunity. We have number of Technology used in agriculture.  Digital technology in agriculture is bringing a transformational change in the field of agriculture in India.   The connectivity of internet is increasing and we have got the chance transform agriculture using digital technology. At one time we have not any technology to connect with each other. At that time the farmers were coming at market yard sale their yield and discuss about the farming activities and the prices of their produce. But today it's not the case, each and every farmer has his own mobile and he can   use his WhatsApp number for sharing many more information with the help of internet. This is happened due to the communication technology revolution that we have got today in India. Farmer is using WhatsApp group for the technology transfer and the market information and other farming related activities. This is a ...

FPOs-FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) for FPOs (Farmer Producer Organisation)   किसान कंपनी शुरू करना है ? ये महत्वपूर्ण बातें समझें                            What is the need for FPO? The main aim of FPO is to ensure better income for the producers through an organization of their own. Small producers do not have the volume individually (both inputs and produce) to get the benefit of economies of scale. Besides, in agricultural marketing, there is a long chain of intermediaries who very often work non-transparently leading to the situation where the producer receives only a small part of the value that the ultimate consumer pays. Through aggregation, the primary producers can avail the benefit of economies of scale. They will also have better bargaining power vis-à-vis the bulk buyers of produce and bulk suppliers of inputs. 1.3...