Sustainability factors of farmer producer organizations for farmers empowerment

Abstract

In India, during the past decades the agriculture sector mainly concentrated on improving food security and increasing agricultural output. This strategy involved i)increasing the productivity through use of quality seeds, agro chemicals, fertilizer and irrigation ii)subsidies on farm inputs and remunerative prices for crops iii)public investments in agriculture and iv) facilitating institutions. The country went through the shortage of foods during the mid-1960s. The green revolution in India paved the way to overcome the shortage of foods for the last half a century. India s population increased by 2.55 times while the food production multiplied by 3.7 times, which has made India a self sufficient country in the food industry and able to export the net food to other countries. newline