Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) are the group of organization which is formed to solve marketing and value addition constraints of small and marginal farmers, minimize involvement of middlemen, empower farmers and to make farming more profi table. But FPOs are facing various constraints especially in initial stages of development.The objective of this study was framed to fi nd out and rank constraints perceived by Board of Directors (BODs) of FPO in Jharkhand. One BOD member from each selected 45 FPOs was interviewed for data collection. Constraints were identifi ed and ranked using Garrett Ranking Technique. Less knowledge of how to strengthen FPO; less facility of storage of produce; members are not willing to contribute for FPO; only few members of BOD are active and advance payment is required for getting inputs were perceived most severe constraints among technical, marketing, fi nancial, governance and input supply respectively.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.