Ashok Kumar, Executive Director, Livelihoods & Value Chains, M-CRIL and a renowned expert of the Farmer Producer Organisations\/producer companies (FPO) and livelihoods sector was invited to present\u00a0on\u2018\u2019M-CRIL\u2019s FPO Rating & Assessment Tools\u2019\u2019 at a workshop on \u2018\u2019Contemporary Issues related to FPOs\u201d organized by FWWB, Ahmedabad\u00a0on 29-30 October 2018.\u00a0At the same workshop, he was also invited to participate in a panel discussion on \u2018\u2019FPO governance and compliances\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n
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In addition to explaining the FPO rating & assessment framework designed by M-CRIL, Ashok shared key findings and issues based on\u00a0experience of ratings\/assessment of 20 FPOs undertaken by M-CRIL, including some of the largest FPOs across India. Amongst several aspects, the presentation\u00a0recommended the way forward to make\u00a0FPO ratings as a standardized tool to assess FPOs to help ease their access to loans from commercial banks, development finance banks and NBFCs.\u00a0\u00a0Additionally, the rating and assessment exercise identifies specific areas of weakness that the concerned FPO can focus on to improve its performance.<\/p>\n
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