PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF FARMER PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS (FPOs)

S. DECHAMMA¹*, B. KRISHNAMURTHY², B.M. SHASHIDHAR³, R. VASANTHA KUMARI^4
1Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
²Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
³Former Professor, Department of Agricultural Marketing, Co-operation and Business Management, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, India
⁴Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : shivanidechu@gmail.com

Received : 01-12-2020     Accepted : 13-12-2020     Published : 15-12-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 23       Pages : 10422 - 10429
Int J Agr Sci 12.23 (2020):10422-10429

Keywords : Farmer Producer Organizations, Personal, Psychological variables, Communication variable
Academic Editor : Shanabhoga M B
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to the Varuna Horticulture Farmer Producer Company Limited (VHFPC) and Arkeshwara Horticulture Farmer Producer Company Limited (AHFPC) of Mysuru district for the kind co-operation during my data collection. Authors are also thankful to the Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, 560065, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was conducted in purposively selected Mysuru district of Karnataka state because largest number of crop specific FPOs (10 FPOs) are operating in the district out of 182 FPOs in Karnataka state. The two organisations Varuna Horticulture Farmer Producer Company Limited (VHFPC) and Arkeshwara Horticulture Farmer Producer Company Limited (AHFPC) were purposively selected. The respondents for the study were the members in the organisations. The list of organisational members was taken from each organisation growing Banana and Tomato crop thus 60 respondents were selected by simple random sampling technique. Thus, a total of 120 member farmers were selected for the study. Ex-post-facto research design was used for the present study. The collected data was analyzed using mean, frequency, standard deviation, With respect to the personal characteristic of VHFPC members, it was found that majority half (70.00 %) of them belonged to middle age group, had high school education (35.00 %) and belonged to medium sized family (45.00 %) further they had low farming experience (38.33 %), and belonged to big farmers (60.00 %) category. With respect to the personal characteristic of AHFPC members it was found that over half (56.67 %) of them belonged to young age group, had high school education (33.33 %), belonged to medium sized family (65.00 %), had low farming experience (45.00 %), and belonged to small farmers (46.67 %)

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