Constraints of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) members in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh

The present research study was conducted in the Anantapuramu and Chittoor districts of the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh state during the year 2020-2021 over a randomly drawn sample of 240 FPO members. The main objective of the study was to unearth the constraints faced by the FPO members and elicit their suggestions for the effective function of FPOs. The findings revealed that irregular supply of inputs to the FPO members (97.91%) was the major constraint faced by the majority of the FPO members followed by poor collective marketing of the produce (96.66%), absence of value addition and processing facility (95.41%), lack of credit facility (91.66%) and lack of coordination among members (90.83%) were the constraints expressed by FPO members. Regarding suggestions collective marketing of the produce (95.04%) followed by increased awareness about FPO among the FPO members (95.00%), credit facility to the members (93.33%), government support (89.59%), timely supply of inputs (87.50%) and information system should be improved (85.83%) were the suggestions expressed by the FPO members.