VAAPCO

Goals

To increase membership of small and marginal farmers
Create effective alliance to collectively address challenges of agriculture at regional, district and member company level
To improve access to investment, technology, inputs and markets for member companies
To create effective backward and forward linkages for member companies
To create cluster wise value addition capacities for member companies
To create robust supply chain ecosystem for member companies to participate in all forms of trade from farm fresh to processed food catering to every segment of value chain from wholesale to retail and direct to consumer

Oblectives

To use information technology for crop production, digital payment by 2019
To pilot exports of green and leafy vegetables to Gulf countries by air through established exporters by March 2019
To set up F&V retail outlets in Nagpur city and major cities of the region
Link each member farmer to afflicted FPOs though KCC for input requirements by 2020
To achieve membership of 3000 member farmers for every affiliated FPO by 2022
To create Rural Godowns of 1500 MT to 5000 MT for 70% member FPOs and connect them to eNAM platform by 2022
To create cotton, paddy and pulses processing clusters in respective regions 2022