ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CONSTRAINTS OF FARMERS IN FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATION IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

S.D. GOUD¹*, J.D. BHATT², SANGAPPA^3
1Post Graduate Institute of Agribusiness Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat, India
²Post Graduate Institute of Agribusiness Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat, India
³ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Rajendranagar mandal, Hyderabad, 500030, Telangana, India
* Corresponding Author : srujangoud202@gmail.com

Received : 01-10-2020     Accepted : 13-10-2020     Published : 15-10-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 19       Pages : 10263 - 10265
Int J Agr Sci 12.19 (2020):10263-10265

Keywords : Farmer Producer Organisation, Organisation Structure, Constraints
Academic Editor : Lalruatsangi Esther, Anindita Paul
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Authors are thankful to APMASS NGO for supporting in the field study. Authors are also thankful to Post Graduate Institute of Agribusiness Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat, India and ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Rajendranagar mandal, Hyderabad, 500030, Telangana, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Farmers producer organisations are groups of rural producers coming together to form organizations, in order to pursue specific common interests of their members developing technical and economic activities. The present study was conducted in Chittoor district in which four FPO were selected randomly run under APMASS organization to study the organizational structure and farmers constraints in the organization. The sample size is 80 i.e., 20 famers from each FPO were selected for interview. The primary data was collected through the questionnaire and secondary data collected from the organization. The data is analysed through simple tabular method, graphs and figures. Garett ranking technique is used to rank the constraints faced by the farmers given by Savitha et al., in 2011. The results revealed that the three tier system of the organization giving it full strength in flow of information and services to the farmers. In case of constraints irregularity of farmers members attendance for group meetings and delay in payments of group members are the major problems at Rythu Sangam level. Lack of storage area for implements and inputs and lack of GRS offices for effective meeting services are the major problems at gram Rythu Samakya level. Delay in payments of FPO members and lack of storage area for implements and inputs at FPO level are the major problems perceived by the famers at FPO level