NABARD has taken an initiative for supporting producer organizations (POs), adopting a flexible approach to meet the needs of producers. In order to give a special focus, “Producers Organization Development Fund” (PODF) has been set up w.e.f. 01 April 2011, with an initial corpus of Rs. 50 crore.

Support under PODF is provided as under:

• Loan-linked grant support is available to the FPOs for promotion, capacity building & market interventions.
• Grant assistance to eligible agencies for conducting Special Studies, Stakeholders’ Meeting/ Conference, Round Table Discussions, building specialized capacities for existing POs, ICT interventions for improving marketing/ operational efficiency and such other critical interventions necessary for building sustainable POs is also available, without linking to availing institutional loan.

Additional Information

• Producer Organization Promoting Institutions (POPIs)
• Eligible Lending Institutions
• Institutions Eligible for Grant Assistance under PODF
• Eligible Activities linked to loan
• Financial support not linked to sanction of loan
• Quantum of Grant Support for existing POs & PACS as MSC
• Promotion & Nurturing of new POs
• Resource Support Agency
• Business Development Assistance
• Farmer Producers' Organisations supported by NABARD as on March 2023
• FPO e learning Module