This research paper examined the problems
and constraints faced by Farmer Producer Company
(FPC) in India. The Venad Poultry Farmer Producer
Company from Kollam district of Kerala was selected
for the study. The company was a well renowned
producer organisation established in the year 2016 and
famous for India's first unique source traceability
technology, where the customers could trace the details
of meats and eggs provided by the company in the brand
name of "Venad Signature eggs and meat". Apart from
this, the company was focused in the sale of poultry
inputs like medicines, vaccines, feeds and equipments.
The company was also dealing with supply of high
yielding and disease resistant BV380 chicks. The
company is supported by National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development (NABARD) and Kerala
Agricultural University (KAU).
The problems faced by the company were examined
from the view of Board of Directors (BoD). From the
director's perspective, the problems were studied under
four heads viz; administrative problems, functional
problems, structural problems and human resource
related problems. The administrative problems were
further sub divided as problems related to board
meeting, problems related to general body meeting and
problems related to audit. The functional problems were
sub divided into problems in board, problems in input
supply, problems in procurement, processing, marketing
and other related problems. The study was solely
depended on primary data obtained from the structured
interview schedule. The responses to questions were
plotted on a five point Likert scale and problems were
categorized as Chronic, Severe, Risk, Tolerable and
Negligible. The scores assigned to the scale of rating were
5,4,3,2, and 1 respectively. Percentages and Index
method were used for analysis
Keywords : FPC- Farmer Producer Company, administrative problem, structural problem, functional problem, human resource problems.