Problems faced by the vegetable based-Farmers Producer Companies: A descriptive analysis

Abstract

The study was conducted to identify the problems faced by
Farmers producer companies working in Vegetable
production, processing and value addition. Three successful
companies working in vegetable and food processing
industries were selected through purposive sampling. An
Ex-Post Facto research design was used. A semi-structured
interview schedule was prepared. Problem faced by
horticultural farmers in different Farmers Producer
Companies were identified under five dimensions viz.
technical problems, organizational, economic,
infrastructural, and marketing problems. Shortage of skilled
labour, lack of knowledge of recent technologies in
horticulture, ignorance of members, social security, lack of
linkages with other farmers organization, lack of enough
seed capital, lack of power supply, price fluctuation of
horticultural crops and delayed payment to farmers from
FPC were the major constraints that faced by the vegetable
based FPOs.