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Agricart Farmers Producer Company Limited ®, registered in 2019, is working with 500 farmers and traditional seed savers in District Sindhudurg of State Maharashtra. The prime motive of the Farmer Organisation is to conserve traditional seeds, farm practices, recipes, and other traditional knowledge through public participation in a sustainable way. The organisation ensures direct monetary benefits to the farmers, encouraging them to conserve their precious traditional knowledge.

The conceptualization and execution of the idea of this company were part of two independent projects. In 2018, Mr. Sachin Chorge and his fellow farmers were working on the Maharashtra Gene Bank project under the guidance of Sanjay Patil of BAIF Institute, Pune, and Vasundhara Science Centre, Nerurpar. Through this project, 40 traditional rice varieties and 26 other crops and vegetable seeds of Sindhudurg were collected and conserved. Another project was started at the same time by NABARD and Lupin Foundation to help set up farmer producer organizations in Sindhudurg. LUPIN Foundation was already working with these farmers on different agricultural projects and decided to involve them in the Producer Company. AGRICART FPC came into existence in 2018, and the work of conservation & livelihood generation was supported with financial capacity. Since then, the company has been growing its business in local food, articles, and services along with its local crop variety conservation mission.

The Maharashtra Gene Bank project conceptualized and being implemented in various agro-climatic zones of


COMPANY PROFILE

Name:Agricart Farmers Producer Company Limited
CINU01100PN2019PTC183275
Regd. AddressShop No.4, House No.22, A Wing, Bhosle Building, Pandur Titha At Post Pandur, Taluka Kudal, District Sindhudurg, Maharashtra – 416812
Email:agricartfpcinfo@gmail.com
Websitewww.agricartfpc.com
ContactOffice: +91 – 7350025515 | Mobile: +91- 9819878271
BOD Members5
Promoters5
Farmer Members516
No. of Villages105
No. of Districts2 (Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri)
Names of Directors and Promoters
Mr. Santosh Ankush GawadeChairman
Mr. Vinod Shivram SawantVice-Chairman
Mr. Sachin Vijay ChorgeSecretary
Mr. Sandip Atmaram DhawaleDirector
Mrs. Darshana Dilip PalavDirector
Mr. Sharad Ganapat DhuriPromoter
Mr. Nhanu Pandurang PalavPromoter
Mr. Sunil Chandrakant KadamPromoter
Mrs. Uma Mahadev PalavPromoter
Mr. Kailas Digambar DhavalePromoter
Turnover
Financial YearAmount (INR)
2019-20357833.00
2020-211920409.00
2021-22666000.00
2022-231633131.00
2023-245000000.00
Activities
  • Trading of cereals and local fruits
  • Marketing of value-added products made from local crop varieties
  • Production of seeds of local crops
  • Conservation of local traditional varieties through seed bank
Highlights
  • Collection and marketing of 150 tons of paddy every year
  • More than 40 products manufactured in farmer units
  • Collection of 90 crop varieties of rice, finger millet, cowpea, hyacinth bean, leafy vegetables, tuber crops, fruits, and vegetable crops and documentation of traditional knowledge related to it
  • Dissemination of 12 selected varieties of crops like rice, finger millet, cowpea, etc. by producing pure seeds (50 hectares area and 160 seed-producing farmers)
  • Production and sale of selected rice varieties such as Walay, Khara Munga, Sonphal, and Sorti as well as local fruits, processing products (turnover up to Rs. 30 lakh till now)
  • A field study of the quality characteristics of 52 local varieties of paddy crops through a self-contained conservation centre at 4 places
  • Collection of information on 73 wild food plant species on the presence, type, edible parts, methods of preparation, medicinal uses, etc.
  • 27 varieties of rice registered under National Plants Bureau of Reproductive Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi
  • Improved cultivation methods such as bed method for sowing of paddy seed, cultivation in SRI method, as well as production and use of organic inputs
  • The programme is being extended to farmers, SHGs, and students by organizing seed fairs, seed exhibitions, and seminars
Agricart

Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our Address

  • H. NO. 22A,
  • WING 2 PANDUR TITHA,
  • Kudal Sindhudurg 416812

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