Development Support for Coffee in Traditional Areas, Non-Traditional Area and North Eastern Region : Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs)

Broad Services and Activities of FPO

The FPO may create the following common infrastructural facilities for which the Board will extend subsidy

Sprinkler unit,

Drying yard/ mechanical drier/ solar tunnel drier

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Eco-pulper

Custom hiring centers for machineries

Nursery for production of planting material.

These facilities shall be permitted to be used by its members or other coffee growers by collecting user charges, which will be used for maintenance.

Eco-certification / organic / Natural farming.

Establishment of Roasting & Grinding unit

Supply quality inputs like seed, fertilizer, Bio control agents, etc. at reasonable prices.

Create infrastructure for value addition like cleaning, sorting, grading, packing, branding by collecting user charges or by collectivization to secure better returns.

Facilitate market information for judicious decision in production and marketing

Collective marketing of produce to secure better and remunerative prices

Facilitate logistics services such as storage, transportation etc.

General FPO; shall have a minimum 100 coffee growers as members.

FPOs / FPCs shall have Memorandum of Association, Bye-laws, and Administrative Committees and shall be registered under part IXA of companies Act or under Co-operative Societies Act of the concerned states.

The FPO shall be in existence for at least two years and with sound finances as per audit report.

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Application process:

Applications will be invited from the eligible FPOs along with the following relevant documents

Application in the prescribed format

Valid registration certificate of the FPO for the financial year of submission of the application

Articles of association and Memorandum of Association of the organization

PAN and other statutory requirements of the organisation.

Detailed list of all the Members with holding size

Audited statement of accounts for last two years, wherever it is applicable.

Resolution passed by the general body of the FPO to take up the proposed activity / activities with the support of Coffee Board

Each FPO shall submit estimates for all the activities and or quotations for machineries / equipment.

A detailed report / action plan for the utilization of the proposed facility / activity

Proposed activity should be in a common land belonging to the FPO or on the government land with allotment letter. Whereas in case of Custom hiring center / R&G unit can be established on a lease building / land with lease agreement for minimum 5 years.



Issue of Feasibility report:

On receipt of the application from the FPO, the team of three officers viz concerned DD, SLO and jurisdictional extension personnel shall make visit, ascertain the feasibility and place the feasibility report along with the proposal of the organization before the following committee’

Director of Finance, Coffee Board

Director of Research, Coffee Board

Board member/s of the area where FPO is located

Joint Director / Deputy Director (Extension) of the area where FPO is located shall suggest ways and means for improvement.

Deputy Director (Extension), Planning & Coordination



Convener : Nodal Officer & SLO, P&C Cell, Coffee Board, Bengaluru

Implementation and Procedure for release of subsidy support:

Based on the decision of the committee, Deputy Director (Extension) of the concerned area will issue Technical Feasibility Report (TFR).

On receiving the TFR, the FPO shall sign MoU/ agreement with Coffee Board represented by the Deputy Director (Extension) of the concerned area.

The FPO will execute the work as per the approved plan, TFR and MoU and submit claims in prescribed format well within the same financial year. (All execution of works and all procurement of machineries shall be post TFR and within same financial year)

The team of three officers viz concerned DD, SLO and jurisdictional extension personnel shall make spot inspection and certify satisfactory execution .

The proposals duly verified and recommended by the team shall be considered by concerned Deputy Director Extension for release of subsidy.

In case of community infrastructures, the amount will be released in 2 installments i.e., FPO shall initiate the work/s and on completion of the 50% of the work, Coffee Board will release 50% of fund based on the progress report furnished by the three-member team. Further, on completion of work the final installment will be released based on the satisfactory report of the team.

The FPO shall abide by terms and conditions as stipulated by the Coffee Board from time to time before or after release of subsidy support.

Terms and conditions:

Members of FPO / Grower collectives shall take up the activities collectively

FPOs shall adopt suitable Resolution for establishment and effective operation of the facility in their General Body for availing support.

FPOs/ grower collective are required to show adequate financial resources for remaining project cost and for its operation.

Registered Coffee Grower working in Coffee plantation (or shall register before making application) except where Coffee Board does not register such entities

The applicant Self Help Groups (SHGs) shall preferably be a registered body, in case not registered should have current resolution copy.

The applicant Farmers Producers' Organization (FPO)/ Farmers Producer Companies (FPC) should be registered as a society / cooperative society/producer company.

All applicants will have to submit the copy of Aadhaar / registration details and Bank Account details.

Applicants belonging to SC / ST community shall submit Caste Certificate issued by concerned competent Authority of State Government.