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Farmers
Department of Horticulture ( AHO)
Department of Agriculture
Seeds suppliers - They are willing to speak to FPOs ( Like Namdhari, East west etc)
Plant protection dealers.
Irrigation department
Traders - 2 negotiated traders
Bank -SBI
Reliance procurement team head- DG has initiated discussions with them.
FPO to work on the proposal using these data points ( Video or text)
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4.5.22 - PG visit, Nursery visit, Community farming visit, Meeting AHO and Reliance fresh procurement officer.
AHO , Salarpada, Sasmita Nayak
-AHO to connect FPO to an Engineer, who has expertise in constructing polyhouse.
-They need, Adhar+Patta ( land record)+Photo+Address +Bank details to provide any support- Could be a good case for FPOs to act as a link between Govt and Members (MIDH scheme)
-They would provide all the technical support to the FPC
-AHO is supported by two extension workers and one observer And is supported by UdyogMitra to connect with the people.
-Needs production details of all the farmers ( FPO is working in 6 GPs)
Jagatjanani PG- 50 members
-7 beds of Nursery, used 15 packets of Seeds ( each packet would give 1000 seedlings).
-Indent for 30 K seedlings from the farmers, this PG has 13K seedlings ( approximate).
-Numbers are approximate. Sale price Re 1 per seedling.
-There are individual nurseries as well. None of the farmers present in the meeting is purchasing seedlings from this nursery.
-Seedlings will be utilized for community Veg farming ( Brinjal) by 30 members. They have leased 7 acres of land for the purpose. All 30 members would invest Rs 2K per member and divide the profit/loss.
Indicators FPO think help assessing success of the Nursery