The project for promotion of Farmer Producer Groups (FPOs) is undertaken under NABARD's Indo-German Watershed Development Programme with the goal of increasing the income of marginalized tribal farmers in ten villages of Kawant block in Chhota Udepur district of Gujarat by forming a Farmer Producer Organization.

Objectives :

Build capacity of and support the farmers for planned cultivation and marketing of their produce through a Farmer Producer Organization

Provide technical support in registration and licensing process of the Farmer Producer Organization

The proposed strategy for achieving the objectives includes mobilization of community at the outset and creation of awareness on the concept of collaborative cultivation and collective marketing of agricultural produce.