Maharashtra farmers exploring partnerships with corporates
February 12, 2021
MahaFPC has already launched the country’s first onion storage in PPP mode
Maharashtra Farmers Producer Company (MahaFPC), a consortium of about 400 FPCs in the State, is exploring partnerships and joint ventures with corporate houses even as debates and discussions on new farm laws continue.
The MahaFPC has already launched India’s first onion storage and marketing infrastructure through the public-private-partnership (PPP) model. Yogesh Thorat, MD, MahaFPC, told
BusinessLine it is high time farmers looked at equitable partnerships and not a subsidy to survive.
“There is no option for small farmers than to form FPCs and corporate bodies will have to deal with FPCs. Corporate bodies would not be interested in production-centric operations but in infrastructure and value chain development. We are looking for investment-centric partnerships and joint ventures. This is the way to move forward,”
Container shortage and high freight likely to affect India’s agricultural exports
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Cheaper Indian rice saw much demand from Middle East during the pandemic due to problems in rice production of countries like Thailand and Vietnam and helped increase Indian rice exports during the ongoing fiscal.
Cheaper Indian rice saw much demand from Middle East during the pandemic due to problems in rice production of countries like Thailand and Vietnam and helped increase Indian rice exports during the ongoing fiscal.
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India’s grape exports will continue to shrink in 2021 as pandemic keeps demand subdued
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The annual rate of growth of grape export to Europe has been declining from 32% registered in 2016-17 to a negative 12% in 2019-20. In value terms, the exports have increased from Rs 431 crore in the fiscal 2009-10 to Rs 2,176 crore in 2019-20, which is the highest of the decade recorded in 2018-19 at Rs 2,335 crore, data from Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Development Authority (Apeda) showed.
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