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The State authorities has invited agri-business companies to spouse with Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) nether the World Bank-assisted Kerala Climate Resilient Agri-Value Chain Modernisation (KERA) project. The inaugural volition connection assistance enactment of up to ₹2 crore per confederation for accumulation concern and concern development.
Eligible companies volition person fiscal assistance on with 3 years of method support. The programme aims to make structured marketplace linkages that link Kerala’s premium cultivation nutrient to local, nationalist and planetary markets, ensuring that farmers person amended prices and a unafraid marketplace linkage.
A full of 150 productive alliances are projected crossed the State successful 3 phases. In the archetypal phase, astir 50 alliances would beryllium acceptable up successful the bluish districts of Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode, and Malappuram.
Companies seeking to enactment indispensable person a minimum yearly turnover of ₹10 crore and anterior acquisition successful moving with husbandman communities successful Kerala. Farmer shaper companies eligible for the programme should person astatine slightest 3 years’ moving experience, a minimum rank of 200 farmers and an yearly turnover of ₹10 lakh.
According to officials, the inaugural is portion of a broader effort to modernise cultivation worth chains successful the State portion promoting climate-resilient practices. By facilitating partnerships with the backstage sector, the authorities expects to trim marketplace risks faced by farmers and make sustainable and scalable models of collaboration.
Interested farmer-producer companies tin taxable applications done the authoritative KERA portal astatine https://pa.kera.kerala.gov.in/auth/login connected oregon earlier December 31. Details are disposable with the KERA determination task manager (phone: 9037824054).
