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What do we want to do from Oct through Dec?
How many FPOs do we want to be actively working with? Which entry points do we want to prioritize?
Fund collective assets for Annapurna (Jattu) and Girivikasam (Velugu); for future pilots help FPO unlock govt grants and subsidized commercial capital and our financial investment goes towards member incentives and human capital (eg, data officer)
With each FPO, 6 month collaboration with clear objectives, aligned to FPO biz plan and defined roles + responsibilities for FPO, DG and Resource Institution
FPO selection:
Is there a profile of FPO we want to focus on? Some considerations:
# of shareholders, % of women shareholders, % of women BOD members, annual turnover, quality of resource institution, location (SRLM support, easy access for DG team for regular checkins), household income of shareholders (and % from agriculture vs others)
Do we want to focus on specific value chains? Do we pilot with a variety of FPOs over the next six months to one year and then hone in?
Pipeline opportunities
Daru / JSLPS
SSRPD in Karnataka about 20 FPCs-Central govt scheme)
IDF; 30 FPCs with different stages of maturity + Finance inclusion program
“Entry points.” Which of the activities below do we want to pilot as we work with FPOs? Need to prioritize and sequence which of these we take on.
Recruit and train a data officer. What are their role and responsibilities?
Shareholder register and member profiles
Digitize the input business
Share data with off-takers (eg, tomato heatmap)
Send targeted advisory messages to FPO members
Apply for grants and loans. What are the subsidized govt grant programs in AP, Odisha (eg, Mission Shakti), Jharkhand; detail eligibility requirements, create awareness and help apply?
How we work: Currently, there is a weekly checkin w Ravi, Sai, Amrita and Ashok. Should we loop in Gautam and Vineet? Others? Can we do a better job of establishing two week sprint goals and sharing those broadly so everyone has visibility?
When we met in Khopoli in late May, we discussed bringing a bunch of stakeholders together for a pledge akin to RE100 commitment at Climate Corp: which I thought was a cool idea. Do we want to revisit this?
“we pledge to empower farmer organizations to improve their livelihoods through data and digitization”
informed consent
secure data sharing
audit trail
interoperability
data ownership
data localization
transparency