Collective enterprises

Blogs

This section contains reflections, and analysis by our team, practitioners, and interns on diverse themes related to sustainability, FPOs, small and marginal farmers and agri-policies. Prospective authors are advised to read through the guidelines (click here) to help with preparing a submission.

A collective movement- What I learnt from a consultation on the autonomy of cooperatives?

Arnab Chakraborty

4 days ago
4 min

A collective movement- What I learnt from a consultation on the autonomy of cooperatives?

Like many urban Indians, for a long time, my only association with cooperatives was through Amul butter. Later, as a student of...

Seeding an FPO Movement: Madhya Bharat Consortium’s million farmer mission

C. Shambu Prasad and Abhishek Saxena

Aug 17
5 min

Seeding an FPO Movement: Madhya Bharat Consortium’s million farmer mission

Madhya Bharat’s experience shows the critical role of advocacy and ecosystem building even as seed production and commodity trading happens

Engage Stakeholders early and often: How Prakriti Foundation created an enabling FPO ecosystem.

Abhishek Saxena and C. Shambu Prasad

Jul 21
5 min

Engage Stakeholders early and often: How Prakriti Foundation created an enabling FPO ecosystem.

How Prakriti Foundation's efforts have helped create a buy-in for the three-year-old Diwak Mata Farmer Producer Company’s ideals and vision.