The document discusses public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Indian agriculture. It provides examples of how PPPs can be used to build farmer resilience to environmental shocks through insurance, improve access to credit, technology and markets using IT and biotechnology, and invest in smarter value chains through the food processing industry. It specifically highlights the Monsanto India PPP program that has reached over 900,000 farmers across six states. It also discusses the Maharashtra Public-Private Partnership for Integrated Agricultural Development (PPPIAD) project as a successful PPP model showing potential for other states.

2. Introduction
0 The public–private partnership (PPP or 3P) is a commercial
legal relationship defined by the Government of India in
2011 as "an arrangement between government owned entity
on one side and a private sector entity on the other,
0 for the provision of public assets and/or public services,
0 through investments being made and/or management being
undertaken by the private sector entity, for a specified period of
time,
0 where there is well defined allocation of risk between the
private sector and the public.
PPP

4. The PPP model can be used effectively for the following in
Agriculture:
Building farmer
resilience to
environmental
shocks
PPPs that help the
agricultural sector deal
with weather shocks,
and enable farmers to
de-risk themselves
through insurance, etc.,
can emerge as a crucial
helping hand.
Improving access to
credit, technology
and markets
Information technology
(IT) and biotechnology
have the potential to
transform agriculture,
raising its production
levels and outputs.
Investing in smarter
value chains
The processing industry,
supported by investments
by the government and the
private sector, can look at
providing farm extension
services, enhance price
realization, cut out
intermediaries and improve
the supply chain through
forward and backward
linkages.

5. Example
0 Monsanto India Limited (MIL) is an important stakeholder in the agriculture PPP
space, through its multiple partnerships with State Governments. It have reached
out to more than 9 lac farmers through PPPs alone and have helped improve
yields and rural incomes significantly in the geographies these partnerships
have been implemented.
0 Monsanto actively work with government agencies across states to drive
programmes and projects that enable farmers to get a better output from their
land.
0 They have successful Public- Private Partnerships with six states (Governments
of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and
Karnataka) to increase crop productivity and improve lives.
0 Monsanto has had the privilege of assisting more than nine lakh farmers in the
above – mentioned states through optimum choice of inputs and agronomic
practices.
0 The Monsanto PPP approach is holistic in nature, and provides support and
information across the entire crop cycle –from seed selection and land
preparation prior to sowing to building effective market linkages at harvest.

6. PPP-IAD
0 A start has already been made by the Maharashtra government,
which has rolled out its Maharashtra Public-Private Partnership for
Integrated Agricultural Development (PPPIAD) project. PPPIAD, a
successful PPP enterprise, is showing the way to other Indian state
governments. Under the aegis of this initiative, Maharashtra—the
first state to take this innovative path—is developing integrated
value chains for selected crops through PPP and co-investment.
0 The PPPIAD programme embodies the following principles:
0 Combine operational efficiencies of the private sector and the
investment by the public sector.
0 Quantifiable outputs with defined timelines and strategies.
0 Move away from business as usual approach replacing traditional
methods of farming by modern and scientific methods.

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8. Objectives
0 Augmenting the current government efforts in agricultural development by
leveraging capabilities of the private sector .
0 Addressing all concerns related to production and post-harvest management in
agriculture/horticulture and agriculture allied sectors.
0 Enhancing production and productivity, improve nutritional security and income
support to farmers.
0 Promote, developing and disseminating technologies for enhancing production and
productivity.
0 Addressing the entire value chain, right from the stage of pre-production to the
consumers table through convergence of different schemes and projects and their
appropriate interventions.
0 Creating employment generation opportunities for skilled and unskilled persons,
especially unemployed youth.
0 Improving value addition and ensuring farmer s profitability increases. · Making
farming a viable business proposition.
0 Improving the delivery and monitoring mechanism under RKVY and other schemes.

11. Impact
of
PPP-IAD
Mechanization
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Market
Linkage
Branding
Technology
Innovation
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