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A worker sliding a tray of cashew nuts into a drying rack in a processing unit
2023 to 2024

NASSCOM Foundation

NASSCOM Rural Digital Empowerment Project

NASSCOM Rural Digital Empowerment Project was a National Agro Foundation (NAF) project carried out in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation, from 2023 to 2024. Among the results recorded under NAF's Agri-Business Division: 1,060 rural beneficiaries: 60 SHG members and 1,000 Board of Directors from 100 FPOs; and leadership teams enabled to use modern digital tools for transparent enterprise management, e-commerce market access and financial inclusion. It is one of 8 completed Agri-Business Division projects.

About this project

NAF took charge as Implementing Partner to drive digital literacy and upskilling among rural women and FPO leaders.

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. 011,060 rural beneficiaries: 60 SHG members and 1,000 Board of Directors from 100 FPOs
  2. 02Leadership teams enabled to use modern digital tools for transparent enterprise management, e-commerce market access and financial inclusion

Project at a glance

Status
Completed
Partner / funder
NASSCOM Foundation
Period
2023 to 2024
Key figures
  • 1,060Rural beneficiaries
  • 1,000FPO directors from 100 FPOs

More completed projects from the Agri-Business Division

All 8 completed Agri-Business Division projects
  • A smiling young farmer carrying a bunch of green bananas through a banana plantation2022 to 2023

    Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

    CII Women FPO

    Kurinjipadi Block, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu

  • A smiling woman in a hairnet holding bottled products in front of stocked shelvesJan 2025 to Aug 2025

    CDFI

    PACCS Survey

    Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh