About Us
An award-winning non-government, non-profit organization.
Started in 2010 by young individuals from premier educational institutions, the FnF team is now composed of highly qualified and experienced professionals from agricultural technology, agribusiness, and social impact.
The organisation started its operations from Bihar and has now expanded to Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. The service delivery model of FnF places field visit and direct interaction with farmers at its core. This ensures collection of primary data which helps in making offerings customised and participatory.
Our Works
Digitisation of Agriculture
Muzzaffarpur and Samastipur, Bihar
Promotion of Climate Resilient Farming Practices supported by NABARD
Purnea, Bihar
Millennium Alliance (MA)
Sarlahi and Rautahat districts in Nepal
Rural Innovation Fund (RIF)
Vaishali district, Bihar
Umbrella Programme on Natural Resource Management (UPNRM)
Vaishali and Muzaffarpur, Bihar
Priyadarshini Project
Vaishali and Muzaffarpur, Bihar
Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
Vaishali and Muzaffarpur, Bihar
IRRAS
Muzaffarpur, Bihar
Activities
Farmer collectivization
FnF supports small and marginal farmers in collectivizing them into self-help groups (SHGs), producer groups (PGs), and farmer producer organizations (FPOs). In its role of a facilitator, FnF guides these groups in capacity building, leadership training, business planning, registration, financial linkage, and access to market.
Extension services
FnF works with agricultural scientists and experts to deliver reliable advisory services to farmers. The advisory is delivered through both online and offline platforms. The agricultural scientists organise trainings around the farm field thus giving real time and participatory solutions. Tools such video and audio conference are also used to reach out to farmers.
Micro-entrepreneurship development in agri-business
About DeHaat – DeHaat is easily accessible and single contact point for farmers for latest technology, source of quality inputs at affordable price, market linkage, and relevant information like market, existing government schemes, and crop schedule reminders. It is run by a local micro entrepreneur. . Revenue sources for DeHaat are membership free, distribution of inputs, and marketing.
Farm Demonstration
Under the Lead Farmer Project, FnF demonstrates Good Agriculture Practices and new technology on the farm of a lead farmer. A lead farmer is a progressive farmer who is open to experiments and encourages other members of the farming community to adapt the new technology.
Agri value chain intervention
FnF facilitates market linkage of agri-produce to help farmers get best price realization of their crop and wastage could be minimized