Problems faced by the vegetable based-Farmers Producer Companies: A descriptive analysis

The study was conducted to identify the problems faced by Farmers producer companies working in Vegetable production, processing and value addition. Three successful companies working in vegetable and food processing industries were selected through purposive sampling. An Ex-Post Facto research design was used. A semi-structured interview schedule was prepared. Problem faced by horticultural farmers in different Farmers Producer Companies were identified under five dimensions viz. technical problems, organizational, economic, infrastructural, and marketing problems. Shortage of skilled labour, lack of knowledge of recent technologies in horticulture, ignorance of members, social security, lack of linkages with other farmers organization, lack of enough seed capital, lack of power supply, price fluctuation of horticultural crops and delayed payment to farmers from FPC were the major constraints that faced by the vegetable based FPOs.