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A smiling young farmer carrying a bunch of green bananas through a banana plantation
2022 to 2023

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

CII Women FPO

Kurinjipadi Block, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu

CII Women FPO was a National Agro Foundation (NAF) project carried out in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Kurinjipadi Block, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, from 2022 to 2023. Among the results recorded under NAF's Agri-Business Division: 620 shareholder members, with a paid-up share capital of ₹6.20 lakh; and diverse business operations, such as rice and groundnut aggregation, value-added edible oils and sweets, milk procurement and organic inputs. It is one of 8 completed Agri-Business Division projects.

About this project

NAF collaborated with CII to set up Kurinjipadi Arivai Farmer Producer Company Limited to empower local women farmers.

The project is part of NAF’s Agri-Business Division. From the first TNSFAC producer companies in 2014 to World Bank-assisted programmes handholding 55 FPOs at a time: the institutions farmers now own and run.

Key impact

  1. 01620 shareholder members, with a paid-up share capital of ₹6.20 lakh
  2. 02Diverse business operations, such as rice and groundnut aggregation, value-added edible oils and sweets, milk procurement and organic inputs
  3. 03A 50-55% improvement in the incomes and livelihoods of member farmers

Project at a glance

Status
Completed
Division
Agri-Business Division
Partner / funder
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Location
Kurinjipadi Block, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu
Period
2022 to 2023
Key figures
  • 620Shareholder members
  • 50-55%Improvement in incomes

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