India, Dec. 25 -- Less than 25 per cent of India's marginal farmers are active members of agricultural cooperatives, despite making up nearly 60-70 per cent of the country's agricultural households, according to a new report released by the Forum of Enterprises for Equitable Development (FEED) on Kisan Diwas (December 23).

The report, titled State of Marginal Farmers in India 2025, studied six states - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tripura and Uttarakhand - to examine how cooperatives were functioning for farmers at the margins.

It found especially low cooperative participation in Bihar, Tripura and Himachal Pradesh.

Cooperative institutions, specifically Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), represent t...