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State Level Consultative Committee Meeting for FPOs under PRODUCE Fund

The State Level Consultative Committee Meeting for FPOs under PRODUCE fund was organized by NABARD at Bhubaneswar.
Dr Saurabh Garg, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Govt. of Odisha had his august presence as the Chief Guest for the meeting.

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The Meeting was attended by Shri A Chandrasekhar, CGM, NABARD, Odisha, Shri Venkata Krishna, CEO, Nabkishan, Dr Amar Nayak, XIMB and representatives of FPOs from various districts.
Odisha consists of more than 90% small and marginal farmers. FPOs act as a bridge between the producer and the market and provide the producer accessibility to technology and information.
It helps the farmers to produce based on the market information and thereby fetching more price for their produce.

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