Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium

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

The Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is a government owned organization in India, 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]

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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