The document summarizes the activities of Rashtriya Kissan Sangathan (RKS), a nationwide farmers' organization in India. RKS aims to organize farmers and link them directly to markets. It has established cooperative societies that provide farmers access to inputs, offer the best prices for crops, and provide extension services. RKS also facilitates commercial farming projects for farmers in other countries, such as a project in Ethiopia. The organization holds various events like farmer fairs and training camps to educate farmers and address their issues.

1. Next-Generation Farm Practices in
Haryana and Punjab
by
Rashtriya Kissan Sangathan, New Delhi
Self-Initiatives by farmers of Punjab &
Haryana unit
Puneet Singh Thind

2. A destruction model- ‘Mostly Out of Focus’
The Farmer is the only man in our economy:-
1) Who buys everything at Retail…
2) Sells everything at Wholesale…
3) And pays the freight Both ways…
.

3. Changing dynamics of Indian Agriculture
 Agriculture is the largest unorganised sector in India, with 57 per cent of
India's total population and 73 per cent of India's total employment.
 There are around 55 crore farmers in India (NSSO-2009).
 Hardly 5-10% farmers are Progressive, Educated, Self-Moving and
innovative. (But sadly, most of them are only just ‘Political Farmer’ too).
 >40% Rural Youth is out of Farming. Who is going to do this job???
 Real bottleneck is rest of 90-95%....!!!
 Farmers don’t have any vibrant model to organize themselves and link with
the market.

4. Rashtriya Kissan Sangathan
- An Answer to Farmer woes by Agri Marketing
(A Case Study)
 Est’d in 1965 as ‘National  Was established as an ‘Elite Club’ of
Tonnage Club of Farmers’, Progressive Farmers in 70’s.
Registered under Companies  A truly farmer-dedicated, Free-From Politics
Societies Act, 1860, based in and Professionally-run-organization.
New Delhi.  Farmers are well-organized at village, block,
district, state and national level.
 A nation-wide Farmer
Organization (FO) with  Most effective way for Farmer linkage with
Market and Govt.
farmers’ base and working
 ‘Power of Accumulation’ is an exercise.
units in different states.
 Union Minister of Agriculture is Ex-Officio
 Inter-State Farmer Exchange President of RKS.
programs.  Farmer, Scientist, Extension Officers and
 We promote Farmers for Self- Private Companies are members with RKS.
Initiatives, Action-Oriented
efforts than Criticism-Oriented

5. Organization Chart of Rashtriya Kissan Sangathan
National Executive
Chairman
Sr. State V.P. Ger. Sec. State Regional/State
Coordinator
Asst. V.P. Joint Advisor /Asst.
(3) Secretary (3) Coordinator (3)
District/block
Secretary Advisor
President
Community
Coordinators
Primary Members

6. The Progressive Farmers’ Multipurpose Co-operative
Society (PFC), Haryana
 A multi-purpose Co-Operative society promoted by
RKS in Haryana in 2006 to benefit farmers by
exercising ‘Power of Accumulation’.
 Promoted as a new experience in agriculture
marketing to bridge the gap between farmer/producer
and processor/consumer.
 To check malpractices and exploitation of farmers in
the market.
 To convert agriculture from ‘a way of living’ to an
enterprise, making it cost-effective, comfortable and
profitable .

7. Business Model
of PFC

8. Direct assoc. with Agri Supplies of farm produce to
Input suppliers and Exporters/Processors/
companies like Bharti- Namdhari Fresh/Bharti Wal-
Walmart , HAFED for Mart etc (Fresh, Processed,
input supplies for Retail Organic)
outlets
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P T
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PFC-Retail Farm- Farmer-Extension
Outlets Procurement Programs
Best Best Training/
Retail Price for Education
Price Crops

9. Key advantage:-
 Farmers must have access to;
a). Low-cost farm inputs and household Grocery
b). Best Remunerative Price for Farm Produce
c). Best Extension Service and Market-Updates
We ensure all 3…
 An organized and well-segmented voice of farming community.
 Exclusive benefits to members by associated companies.
 A single-window platform for mass connectivity and an apex
organization of progressive farmers.

10. Commercial Farming in Africa
 Rising to its real potential, RKS has promoted a
group of young farmers from Punjab to initiate
agriculture in Ethiopia at large-scale and on
commercial pattern.
 A team of RKS has extensively visited Ethiopia in
July-Aug‘10 and got 5,000 hectare of land for
starting commercial farming.
 RKS is facilitating in execution of business plans
and forging corporate-farmers tie-ups for Agri-
Inputs and marketing of agricultural produce.

11. Inspiration model
 RKS Farmer-Company Association Model is a
replica of world-class model in India similar to :-
 National Farmers Union (NFU) UK
 North Dakota Farmers Organization, USA .
 National Farmers Federation, USA
 These are leading farmers organization at
global level, making farmers-companies direct
tie-ups.

12. Ecologic
Contribution

13. We are ensuring that…
 We maintain Soil-Health of our mother-land good and
sustainable.
 We are not following a calendar-system for pesticides
and fertilizers.
 We must try to limit the generation of Carbon, Methane
and other GHGs by adopting new techniques such as
renewal energy through biomass/ biogas or as compost
etc.
 We must encourage use of Bio-Fertilizer by limiting use
of chemical fertilizers.

14. Our Own
Retail-Sale
Outlets
Agri- Inputs,
Fertilizers,
Manures,
Patricides, Seeds
as well as
technical advice

15. Activities and
programs:-
We manage Farmer
Events such as:-Farmer
Fairs, Exhibitions,
Training-Camps,
Workshops, Farm Field
Schools etc.
In picture, participants
at ‘Seminar on Climate
Change and
Agriculture’

16. Commercial
Farming in
Ethiopia
RKS is materializing 5,000
Hect. Farm Land in
Ethiopia for Commercial
Farming.
Group of young RKS
Farmers with Mr. Ram
Karturi (MD-Karturi Global
Ltd i.e world’s largest
Rose Exporter) to have
insight on commercial
farming in Ethiopia.

17. Yearly
Progressive
Farmers’
Meets and
Awards-
Chandigarh-Farmers
called from 7 states

18. Kissan Jagriti
Muhim
-a series of
events to
aware farmers
Location in Pic-
Arniwala, Fazilka,
Dist Ferozpur
Oct ‘10.

19. Informal
Meetings on
ongoing issues
RKS members
organize small
meetings at village
level or block level to
address their common
problems.
Meet in Ambala City

20. Farmer
representation
and interaction
with top leaders
and corporate
higher-ups.

21. Buyer-Seller
Meets of
different
crops
Cotton-Growers
meet at Mandi
Dabwali (Sirsa)

22. Progressive
Farmers
Meet-2011
RKS farmers from 7 states
participated in the meet.
Regional Coordinator-
Puneet Singh Thind
delivering presentation on
‘Current status of Indian
Farmer’.

23. Thanks!
Puneet Singh Thind
09017151764
Regional Coordinator- Rashtriya Kissan Sangathan (North)
……………………………………………………………………….
Head- Business Development (PFC)
puneet_thind2000@yahoo.com www.rksonline.org