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Empowering of Farmers Producers Organisation

The Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka has been nurturing FPO get benified through Vandhe Bharatham initiave.

In movement of Empowering of farmers producers organisation, Vandhe Bharatham foundation provided a platform to deliver the products grown by farmers directly to customers without any intermediaries. They provided Toll free no. 8495 99 8495 to participate in this movement. Appreciation from all over the state for delivering fruit and vegetables from ′′ farmers - directly to customers and requested public to join hands for this work.

Mr. BH Anil Kumar, honourable commissioner of BBMP was immensely happy to extend the support to 'Farmer to Consumer ' campaign where farmers can sell their produce directly to the customer without any middlemen. All the required measure like transportation, finalizing locations, apartments, coordinating the sales, end to end process is managed by the volunteers and team of Vandhe Bharatham also requested volunteers contribute to this movement.

Process has steps like,
  • Approach: Larger apartments/societies can approach helpline and place a request.
  • Process: Vandhe Bharatham team analysed the data given by apartments/ societies with regards to the quantity and types of fruits, vegetables on demand.
  • Work Flow: Other factors such as transportation and estimated date of delivery are taken in to consideration.
  • Connectivity: Back end teams assign farmers and finalize transportation to the apartments/ societies.
  • Delivery: The farmers are directly connected to the consumers for direct in their premised by following safety protocols.