Year: 2025 | Month: September | Volume 70 | Issue 3
Quantifying the Performance of Farmer Producers Organization: An Insight on Index Development Approach
Trishita Banik
Satya Prakash
Sudhanand Prasad Lal
Narendra V.N.
DOI:10.46852/0424-2513.3.2025.16
Abstract:
This research employs a comprehensive methodology to develop a performance index for Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) in the agricultural sector. The study identifies and prioritizes 8 key dimensions viz., governance, infrastructure, legal services, financial services, production services, capacity and skill building, marketing and technical services. The selection and weighting of these dimensions are determined through a ordinal rankings into weightage. The scoring pattern has been suggested for different sub-indicators, and that would normalized through the FPO water formula after obtaining the data from the stakeholders. The paper concludes with a detailed analysis of the weighted dimensions, offering insights into the performance of FPOs in agriculture.
Highlights
- Performance index developed in the present investigation has 8 dimensions & 77 sub-indicators crafted through one of the most robust Alfares approach.
- Out of 8 “capacity and skill building” dimension hold paramount importance with an 88.13 weightage
- Performance index value will range from 0-1 after normalization of the proposed score of different sub-indicators.
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