India, Jan. 28 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
To strengthen Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) in Tamil Nadu, a high-level Committee has been formed to review their functioning and recommend ways to improve the scale & reach. The initiative follows the intervention of Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who took note of the issuesfaced by FPOs during his recent visit to Erode, Tamil Nadu and directed timely action to address the issues through a comprehensive and field-oriented assessment.
The decision follows the recent visit of Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan to Erode, during which operational, technical and market-related challenges faced by FPOs were discussed with farmers and st...