Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium

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Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC)
लघु किसान कृषि व्यवसाय संघ (एसएफएसी)
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Agency overview
Formed18 January 1994
Jurisdiction Union Government of India
Headquarters Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Employees15 [1]
Agency executives
  • Maninder Kaur Dwivedi, Managing Director
  • Sanjeev Kumar Gautam, Director
Website www.sfacindia.com/

The Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is government owned organization in India, it was established to promote the interests of small and marginal farmers by facilitating their integration into the agribusiness sector. [2] SFAC is an autonomous society under the Department of Agriculture, [3] Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India. [4]

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History

It was established in 1994, to solve exclusion problem of small and marginal farmers in India from modern agriculture due to resource constraints. [5] SFAC founded to bridge the gap, offering better income prospects by connecting these farmers with agribusinesses. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Team". sfacindia.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  2. ↑ Anand, Shambhavi (2023-02-28). "Government looks to integrate 100 more interstate mandis with e-NAM". The Economic Times. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  3. ↑ "Here is how producer organisations evolved in India". www.downtoearth.org.in. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  4. ↑ "Bayer CropScience partners with SFAC to form 50 FPOs". BusinessLine. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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