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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.

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.

Market at the doorstep for onion farmers in Maharashtra: The VPFPC experience

Ajit Kanitkar and Anagha Mitra

Jun 25
5 min

Market at the doorstep for onion farmers in Maharashtra: The VPFPC experience

Initiatives of the VPFPC Limited in Junnar Taluka of Maharashtra have enabled farmers with better price realisation.

Swimming against the tides: How a women-led fishing collective became a profitable enterprise

Deepthi Reddy, Sivaram Kandaswamy Pazhanivelan and Sankar Datta

Jun 21
5 min

Swimming against the tides: How a women-led fishing collective became a profitable enterprise

This article narrates the journey of how women farmers settled near the Brahmaputra river made their living as a fish farming community.