Launch Of Bagri

Flexicode & Price Water House Coopers (PwC) joined hands to implement Flexicode’s platform KANCHI (Kisan’s advancement thru Cashless Innovations) as part of BAGRI (Bihar Agriculture Growth Reforms Initiative). BAGRI is a scheme supported by the Department of International Development (DFID) – Govt of UK. The project aims to significantly improve performance of the agriculture sector by improving market access for specified agricultural & horticultural products through the use of knowledge, technology & Finance.

The project was officially inaugurated by Mr. Gavin McGillivray, Head, DFID India today with the implementation of KANCHI in the Dumraon Farm Producer Company Ltd (DFPCL) FPO in Buxar, Bihar.

The Government of Bihar (GoB) is implementing Bihar Agriculture Growth and Reform Initiative (BAGRI) programme with the support of Department for International Development (DFID), UK. BAGRI intends to complement the Government of Bihar in implementation of its Agricultural Road Map for enabling sustainable and inclusive growth leading to poverty reduction in the state.

One of the key deliverables of the BAGRI programme is the formation and strengthening of 20 farmer producer organisations (FPOs). FPOs are being created with a mandate to provide institutional mechanism to small and marginal farmers of Bihar leveraging the principals of economies of scale resulting in significant enhancement of income. These FPOs will operate a one-stop-shop for managing all agri-business needs of farmers named BAGRI Kisan Sewa Kendra (BKSK). FPOs will also be involved in produce aggregation and sell in open market to fetch better price for farmers.

DFID team will be using ‘KANCHI - Kisan AdvaNcement through CasHless Innovations’ ( a product jointly developed by CDFI & Flexicode) for digitising the operations of 20 FPOs in Bihar under this project. The BAGRI programme will impact FPOs spread across 11 districts and benefit approximately 50,000 farmers in the state.

Seen in pic above - Charles A, our Delivery Head during a training session in Patna for PwC coordinators.