Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
produced, and market analysis for the produce. Product specific
clusters are to be identified and a business plan to be made towards
creating a Detailed Project Report (DPR). According to a Government
of India guideline, the cluster of villages to be brought under the
umbrella of FPO should be identified within one or two blocks,
where villages are contiguous and within a radius of about 20 km).
The detailed mapping indicating the location of the clusters with
distances should be made part of the DPR. 23
2. Enhancing the capacity for surplus farm production: In this, lead
farmers and farmer organizations are identified. Exposure visits,
training needs, group formation and training in specific areas are
provided.
3. Implementation of surplus production: In this stage of
implementation, handholding towards productivity increase and
identification of value pre-processing is facilitated.
4. Pre-formation Stage of FPO/Collective and Stabilize New Surplus
Production System: In this stage, market linkages, exposure visits,
consultation with FOs for FPO scope, visioning and structuring are
facilitated.
5. Formation of FPO/Collective Aggregation for market access: In this
stage FPOs are formalized, and internal systems are constituted.
Membership and governance and bye-laws are formed. Formation
and strengthening of FPOs is facilitated through assistance by
SFAC and NABARD towards organizational administration, use of
management Information System (MIS), hiring HR, developing a
business plan and interfacing with businesses.
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