Assam Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium

Approach	From	To
Farming	Production centered farming	Farmer's income Centered farm enterprise taking total supply chain into consideration
	Village Hat (market) based farming	Open Market farming (which is Increasingly globalised) with gain
	Traditional & Subsistence agriculture with low marketable surplus	Environmentally sustainable and technology based Commercial Agriculture by insuring household food security with increased marketable surplus through collective action
	Low productivity and inefficiency	High productivity and efficiency
	Raw / Harvest produce sale	Sale of Value added produce / by product - based on feasibility
	Producer isolated Farming with no / poor linkages	Producer- Public (Government) - Private Partner ship based farm enterprise.
	Middle men dependant farming	Competitive market farming with an endeavor to gain
	Monotonous Cereal / Grain dominated Low Value Agriculture	Diversification with emphasis on High Value Agriculture (Horticulture and others)
Farmer	Image as a Government dependent beneficiary and unskilled producer	Farm Business Manager and Open Market Player (with collective action)
	Individual efforts	Collective action / Group based- both to compete and to take advantage of opportunities offered by open market
	SHG mode ( overtime)	A Network of SHGs / Groups / Corporations to compete and to take advantage of open market economy
	Poor bargaining power	Good articulation and collective power
Corporate/ Trader	Middlemen based, deficient –value and supply chain	Partnership based reliable supply and Value chain from Farm to Firm to Fork
Institutions	Isolated endeavor	Integrated approach with convergence and synergy covering total supply and Value chain.
Government	Outlook of (Farmer) Beneficiary / recipient	Partner in Economic Development