26 June 2023, Hyderabad: Samunnati successfully concluded its first edition of the FPO conclave in Hyderabad on June 22 and 23, 2023. The two-day conclave themed around ‘Building a Resilient FPO Ecosystem’ was attended by 183 FPOs from across the nation. The event was also joined by Singireddy Niranjan Reddy, Minister of Agriculture, Government of Telangana. Anil Kumar SG, Founder and CEO Samunnati in his welcome address shared his experience of growing the organization and in turn, enabling empowerment for its associated FPOs.
The event focused on finding solutions to the two key challenges of FPOs – Finance and Market Access. The event also showcased successful case studies and innovations from Plasma Waters, Garuda Aerospace, PayNearBy, and MCX.
‘State of Sector Report 2023 – Farmer Producer Organization in India’ published by NAFPO was also launched at the conclave by Anish Kumar, Managing Director, Transforming Rural India Foundation bringing reliable data to infer critical touchpoints for the FPOs and allowing them to pave the way to data-analyzed farming in India.
