NAMSAI : Retusa Women Farmer Producer Company Limited (Retusa WFPCL), promoted under the Arunachal State Rural Livelihoods Mission (ArSRLM), is strengthening rural livelihoods by creating market linkages and promoting women-led agricultural enterprises across eastern Arunachal Pradesh.

The Farmer Producer Company (FPC) has been procuring key agricultural commodities, including buckwheat, ginger, mustard and large cardamom, enabling women farmers to access organised markets and secure better prices for their produce.

During the last procurement season, Retusa WFPCL aggregated 46 metric tonnes (MT) of buckwheat from Lower Dibang Valley, 32 MT of ginger from Lower Dibang Valley, Namsai and Wakro, and 2.5 MT of large cardamom from Anjaw district, benefiting around 150 farmers from Anjaw, Namsai, Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley districts.

The company also successfully supplied 25 MT of buckwheat to X5 Agrotech Farm Producer Company Limited, Hyderabad.

Retusa WFPCL is headed by Chairperson Nang Onjini Namchoom, with Nang Kyatom Macheykun serving as Director. The company is led by Chief Executive Officer-in-Charge Mimar Basar and supported by a team comprising Procurement Manager Rajawan Mantaw, Area Procurement Officers Rebika Namchoom and Jumpi Noshi Lobom, and Finance Manager Dhananjay Kumar.

The initiative is being implemented under the supervision of Arunachal State Rural Livelihoods Mission District Mission Management Unit Roing District Mission Manager Senong Namchoom.

The initiative highlights the growing role of Farmer Producer Companies in strengthening agricultural value chains through aggregation, grading, quality assurance, logistics, financial management and market negotiations, thereby improving farmers’ bargaining power and enhancing their share of consumer prices.