We MAHAFED Agro Farmers Producer Company Limited (MAHAFED FPC) are a farmer producer company registered in 2022 under the Companies Act, 2013. We are state level association (SLA) of farmer producer companies in the state of Maharashtra. We are leading the FPC movement in the state of Maharashtra through incubating FPCs for agribusiness through social entrepreneurship business models.
We are providing handhold support to our member organizations and innovating various feasible and sustainable agri-business opportunities to nurture & develop them as a successful co-operative enterprises. We will reach across the state of Maharashtra for facilitating the agribusiness services to small and marginal farmers through the FPCs at grass-root level through innovations and interventions at value chain of agriculture commodities.
In upcoming years, we have to make our institutions as vibrant economic centers. We would like to work out strategies for addressing the good governance, digitalization of documents etc and timely reporting to authorities. We also have planned to act as business facilitator for the financial services. We have targeted to have core work in the area of Agriculture marketing reforms.
Farmers are in distress across the country. There are no ready-made solutions with national or local governments to make prosperity of the farming community. We are organizations of the farmers and promoted by farmers themselves. Henceforth we have ability and capacity to intervene, innovate and incubate the idea of agribusiness among small and marginal farmers. There is no one other than us who can explore and implement the ideas of agriculture development.
Digitalization of Agri markets and Farm to fork models is paving their paths by using ICT in Agriculture. Various electronic platforms are coming forward to improve the supply chain of agriculture commodities by adding value in unique way. Our planners and policy makers are very open- minded for strengthening and supporting agriculture economy. Now it is
FPCs growth and success is completely dependent on shareholders. Therefore, our endeavor is to make these foundations very strong. Unless and until our roots are not having core principles of social entrepreneurship and commitments for the member farmers, our efforts are in vain. We are at the point of diminishing phase of co-operative institutions and infancy stage of the development of the new era of agriculture startups based on the principles of co-operation and mutual assistance.
We expect Government support for enabling “Doing Agribusiness.” We are extending our hands to work with corporate sector working in Agriculture sector. We are exploring various supply chain solutions for the farmers and the industry players. This is the proper time to innovate and incubate various business models for the farming community through FPCs.
To advance the business and policy interests of Farmers Producer Companies (FPCs). To provide technical, marketing, technology and capacity building support to FPCs aimed at increasing their business competitiveness and creating sustainable social enterprises.
To provide economic prosperity as well as to the markets in association with private, corporate or cooperative sector, by providing backward and forward linkages to the Farmers Producer Companies (FPCs) for the prosperity of the small and marginal farmers.
Cooperation, Empowerment, Responsiveness, Participation, Democracy, Integrity, Efficiency, Transparency, and Accountability.
| Committee | Composition | Role |
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| General Body (Meeting 1-2 times a year) |
All member FPCs (after screening) |
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| Board of Directors (Meeting every quarter) |
7 member committee
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| Advisory Committee |
10 member committee
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A second category of members are called “Observer Members”. These can be institutions/individuals which are directly related to the functioning of FPCs. Representatives of key government departments, such as Agriculture, Horticulture, Dairy and Animal Husbandry, Fisheries etc. may also be requested to attend the meetings of the Association as special invitees, though they may not be formal members of the Association.
| Sr. No. | Name of the Directors | DIN | Age | Experience (in Years) | Contact Details |
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| 1 | Mrs. Savita Sharad Mehatere | 07310547 | 39 | 7 | 9423465744 |
| 2 | Mr. Sandip Tulshidas Shinde | 06981299 | 33 | 11 | 9762793171 |
| 3 | Mr. Swapnil Avinash Bhaskar | 07746069 | 37 | 10 | 9552183333 |
| 4 | Mrs. Lalita Arun Shinde | 09458068 | 32 | 2 | 9665244161 |
| 5 | Mr. Satyavan Dharmraj Phate | 07425098 | 39 | 8 | 9850953255 |
The Company is being managed by the Board of Directors with the support of the Gramin Kruhsi Vikas. Two woman directors on the board of the company. The board members take a keen interest in the operations of the company are fully aware of the challenges which the company is facing along with the fund-raising activities undertaken by the company.
The Producer Company shall consist of only farmer producer companies (FPC’s), producer institutions, managed and owned by person, whether incorporated or not who fulfils eligibility conditions under the provisions of these Articles may apply membership in the prescribed form to the Board of the Producer Company undertaking to carry out the responsibilities of membership in writing.
MAHAFED FPC has a will reach across all districts of Maharashtra through members of farmer producer organizations and we will associate with members FPCs under the Company Act having Registrar of Companies registered shareholder more than 3 lakhs active small and marginal farmers. FPCs are institutionalizing small and farmers into the value chain.
The soul of the company rests upon building commodity-centric economies for empowering farmers at grass root levels. ‘Trust’ and ‘Social Capital’ are the fundamental pillars at the core business ethos of MAHAFED FPC as a social enterprise.
MAHAFED FPC’s business model focuses on the strategy of developing commodity centric- clusters of FPCs, with common business models for value addition through markets at farm gate levels.
