APART to host conclave for farmers on June 8 in Guwahati

Guwahati: Assam Agribusiness & Rural Transformation Project (APART) is organizing the first-ever State Level Conclave of the Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs).

The Conclave, scheduled for June 8 at the Srimanta Sankardeva International Auditorium at Panjabari here, is expected to have participation of FPCs from within and outside the State, stated a press release.

The Central Sector Scheme, 'Formation and Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Produce Organizations (FPOs)' with agencies like APART, NERAMAC, NABARD and SFAC are working to bring the farmers together and develop their capacity and skills in post-harvest management, value addition and marketing. The programme also aims to prepare the farmers to access wider markets and build them to function as a private limited company by strengthening the backward and forward market linkages.

APART is targeted to support 125 Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) in the project districts. Each FPC will have a Common Service Centre (CSC) and Custom Hiring Centre (CHC) supported through the project. Besides asset creation at the FPC level, APART also provides capacity building programmes (training, exposure visit etc.,) for the FPC members on different aspects, such as FPC Management, accounting, farm machinery operation and maintenance, improved production technology, post-harvest management and value addition etc. APART, also focuses on establishing a proper market linkage of the FPCs at the local, national and international levels.

The 1st State Level FPC Conclave is aimed as a knowledge-sharing platform to enable the FPCs to interact, share, and learn the experiences and best practices from each other. The one-day event will also bring in experts from the domain, who will be taking up technical sessions to highlight, speak and discuss on the important aspects of FPCs.

An exhibition to showcase the different products, including value-added products by the FPCs, will be held during the Conclave.

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