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HISTORY OF CDAPCL

 

               Cauvery Delta Agro Producer Company Limited as a concept was promoted jointly by Periyar Maniammai University and Periyar TBI after the National Workshop cum showcase of Agrotechnologies in the silver jubilee year of PMU. CDAPCL as familiar to all is a producer company registered under section 7 of the Companies Act, 2013 .

 

 

         After the silver jubilee year workshop on Agrotechnologies in 2013, three consultative meetings, 12 promoters meetings and 1 one-          day awareness workshop were organised at the Periyar Maniammai University, Vallam for promoting the concept of   FPO.

 

  • 20 farmers who volunteered themselves as promoters were attending the monthly meetings at the university from August, 2013, and within three months after the workshop in November 2013, process of registering the said FPO was initiated.

 

  • A team of experts were working on the business scopes for the company and suggested that the company would   focus on integrated farming as its core, including organic agriculture with Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), while commodity groups will be encouraged for effective and profitable functioning in the location.

 

  • Ten such commodity groupings were suggested  as below

  • Coconut

  • Sugarcane

  • Fresh water aquaculture

  • Rice

  • Vegetables

  • Pulses

  • Dairy and cattle rearing

  • Banana

  • Floriculture and

  • Others including Polyhouse agriculture

 

  • The decision was to enroll 1000 members, with 15 directors and the FPO would be registered as  “ Cauvery Delta Agro  Producer  Company Ltd., “

  • With all formalities completed as per the Companies Act, the FPO  became the first Producer company registered in Cauvery Delta with 1000 shareholders at the starting point itself.

 

  • With a  Core group of Nine  experts, a Think Tank of  22 active members and a 15 member Board of Management , the company has set its vision and mission and marching towards fulfilling its objective  “ sulandrum Air Pinnathu Ulagu”  “ every other of the world  is behind the mighty agriculture”

 

  • One woman director has been inducted on the board

 

Works completed so for:

  • First GBM was orgainised in October, 2014

 

  • All the members were issued with Membership cards

 

  •  A base line database of every member is prepared and made available on the company’s website

 

  • Three Entrepreneurship and Skill development programmes were organised for  select members and /  or their family  women

 

  • Efforts are on to establish a  modernized jaggery cluster with organic processing and part mechanization

 

  • Affordable members were encouraged to buy smart phones for effective use of social media and ICT for their advantage

 

  • MoU was signed with Indian Institute for Crop Processing Technologies (IICPT)

 

  • MoA with ICRISAT  for seed business incubation is on the way

 

  • Two Exposure visits to existing FPOs were made

 

  • Experiential sharing with  high-tech farmer groups were organised for vegetable cultivation

 

  • Two of the directors on the Board attended a week long  workshop for FPO at ICRISAT, Hyderabad in October , 2014

 

 

Future plans:

 

  • Members will be linked with CUG facility for  free communication among themselves

 

  • Inputs supply shops for seed, fertilizers and pesticides are under the way in four places strategically located in the project area.

 

  • Some of the existing seed growing farmers within the members of the FPO are identified for promoting  certified seed growing for  the company’s use

 

  • In addition, the company will involve in seed trading to consolidating the supply and demand of Paddy/Rice

 

  • Registration for Export of rice is initiated with the support of APEDA

 

Agencies supporting the FPO

 

  • Periyar Maniammai University ( promoter of the concept)

 

  • Periyar Technology Business Incubator ( executing  and resource institution)NABARD

 

  • Indian Institute for Crop Processing Technologies (IICPT), Ministry of Food Processing, G

     International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid and Tropics  Agribusiness Incubator (ICRISAT-ABI)

     Department of Agricultural Marketing- Agri Business unit, Thanjavur on behalf of  State Small Farmers Agri                    Business Consortium (SFAC).

 

  • Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

 

  • Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

 

  • Tamil Nadu Fisheries University

 

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