Working with Farmer Producer Companies across locations, Ambuja Foundation has placed a heavy focus on helping build the capacity of Farmers to generate thriving business models which deliver returns to the people's institutions and its members. Here are 3 FPOs, supported by Ambuja Foundation, that are making waves in business.

Farmers in Sankrail are capitalising on market fluctuations by harnessing rain-shelters and scaffolding to grow vegetables in the off-season; increasing crop income by 128% (Scaffolding) and 45% (rain-shelters) as a result.

Ambuja Foundation's Pashu Sakhi, Chaya Mondal received the Krishak Samman Award during the Mati Utsab Function in Murshidabad where she was awarded Rs. 25,000 for her efforts in the Goat Based Livelihood Programme in Farakka, West Bengal. Chaya was recognised for her work; treating over 164 goats in her village and for actively creating awareness on goat health in her community.

927 farmers are embracing the use of cow dung and urine to replace costly chemical inputs which impact soil health, and to increase their yield and profitability - thanks to a series of trainings and exposure visits facilitated by Ambuja Foundation.

Once a part of subsistence farming, rice is now helping farmers in West Bengal prosper!

For the first time in India, Farmers are selling Cotton directly on MCX, and earning a profit!

Almost 4000 farmers, both men and women, were introduced to new agricultural technology at a 2-day 'Krishi Mela' and 'Pre Rabi Samelan' at Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Ambujanagar recently — an initiative held in collaboration with the Farmer Training Center, Junagadh.

Farmers are the backbone of this nation, yet earnings from farming have been dwindling with time. The recently released Financial Inclusion Survey by NABARD concludes that in rural India, less than a quarter of income today is derived from agriculture.

Ambuja Foundation Chandrapur has been recognized for its innovative 'biomass' initiative which helps generate an alternative source of income for farmers by utilizing agricultural waste (such as cotton stalk) as fuel for industrial usage.

Farmers at the Rupnagar Farmer Producer Company in Ropar, Punjab are jumping for joy! They've bagged 'the best FPO in the state' Award - a much lauded award by NABARD.

In order to promote partnerships and collaboration, Ambuja Foundation has been creating platforms for brainstorming ideas and devising solutions to realise rural prosperity. One such event was a participatory dialogue '<b>Creating Synergies on Sustainable Production and Marketing Linkages</b>' held in New Delhi on 23^rd November 2017.

Farmers in Thach Village have seen an increase in annual income of between Rs. 20,000-50,000, thanks to the construction of a 52500 litre capacity water storage tank for collection of natural water, along with irrigation channels - benefiting 12 households and 1.5 hac of land.