This is Mahesh Chander again, this time on entrepreneurial small farmers, an issue raised in discussions involving Francisco Gurri (Message 69) and Bazyli Czyżewski (Message 65). There is growing realisation among farming communities that they won't be able to sustain and compete unless they treat farming as business. This realisation is leading to small scale farmers forming producer groups, cooperatives, part of contract farming etc. These farmers wish to be linked up with markets including opportunities for exports to maximise farm profits collectively. They are able to do things better by being part of producer groups which they couldn't do alone. Many small scale farmers especially those which are catering to the specific needs of the consumers like organic food products or cosmetics are able to enhance their returns from farms. Farming is no business as usual or way of life but a profit making venture for this new breed of farmers called Agripreneurs. They would grow & process only those crops which give them profit!!! https://blog.gfar.net/2016/08/26/minting-organic-money/ Mahesh Chander Principal Scientist & Head, Div of Extension Education ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243122 (UP)-243122 India E-mail: mchanderivri (at) gmail.com Mob: +91 9411087833 +91581 2302391 www.ivri.nic.in ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the SMALL-FARMS-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SMALL-FARMS-L&A=1