Development Support for Coffee in Traditional Areas, Non-Traditional Area and North Eastern Region : Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs)
This Coffee Board of India scheme supports Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) of coffee growers by subsidizing shared infrastructure like drying yards, eco-pulpers, and grading/packing units. It helps small coffee farmers collectively reduce costs, improve quality, and get better market prices. Apply offline by submitting required documents to your nearest Coffee Board regional office.
About This Scheme
This Coffee Board of India scheme supports Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) of coffee growers by subsidizing shared infrastructure like drying yards, eco-pulpers, and grading/packing units. It helps small coffee farmers collectively reduce costs, improve quality, and get better market prices. Apply offline by submitting required documents to your nearest Coffee Board regional office.
Full official description
To provide broad-based supportive ecosystem to facilitate development of vibrant, socially and economically sustainable coffee communities.
To enhance productivity and reduce cost of cultivation through cost effective, sustainable and efficient use of resources and realize higher returns by direct market linkages for their produce through collective action.
Capacity building of FPOs to develop entrepreneurship skills to climb up the value chain to attain self-sustainability.
Benefits
- Coffee Board subsidizes shared infrastructure: drying yards, mechanical dryers, solar tunnel dryers, eco-pulpers, godowns, sprinkler units, and nurseries
- Support for custom hiring centers for farm machinery
- Assistance for establishing roasting & grinding units and value-addition facilities (cleaning, sorting, grading, packing, branding)
- FPOs can generate ongoing revenue by charging member farmers user fees for these facilities
Who Can Apply (Eligibility)
- FPO must have at least 100 coffee growers as members
- Must be registered under Part IXA of Companies Act or Co-operative Societies Act
- Must have Memorandum of Association, Bye-laws, and an Administrative Committee in place
- Must have been operating for at least 2 years with clean, audited finances
How to Apply
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the objective of providing support to Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs)?
The objective is to create a supportive ecosystem that fosters the development of vibrant, socially and economically sustainable coffee communities.
What infrastructure can Farmers Producer Organizations develop for value addition?
Farmers Producer Organizations can create facilities for cleaning, sorting, grading, packing, and branding of coffee to help members fetch better prices through value addition.
Ready to apply?
Visit the official government portal to apply for this scheme.
Apply on myScheme.gov.inDocuments Required
- 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.