A Study on Managerial Abilities of Farmer Producers Organization Staff in Telangana

Abstract

The present study was conducted during 2022-2023 in zone III (Rajanna Siricilla) of Telangana which has five districts namely, Karimnagar, Rajanna Siricilla, Medak, Siddipet and Kamareddy. The total numbers of FPOs in the zone were 66 FPOs. Out of this, 40 FPOs were selected using proportionate sampling from each district and randomly within the district. From each FPO, five staff members were interviewed randomly constituting a sample of 200 respondents using structured interview schedule. The findings of the profile characteristics of the farmer producer organization staff reported that majority (41.50%) of the respondents were middle aged and male (78.00%) with education up to graduation (38.50%). Most of the respondents (82.50%) were in the position of BOD having low experience (51.00%) of 2-5 years and received medium (40.50%) number of trainings. They also reported that sufficient staff facilities (56.50%) were available in the organization, were having medium (65.50%) extension activities, sufficient infrastructure facilities (51.50%), the interpersonal communication was medium (41.50%) with neutral (57.00%) departmental working environment. Maximum (67.00%) of the respondents were having extrovert personality with medium (59.50%) attitude towards delegation of authority, low (38.50%) achievement motivation. They also reported having medium (48.50%) job involvement, medium (49.00%) job satisfaction, medium (40.50%) perception of work load and medium (52.50%) job stress . The findings on the managerial abilities of the FPO staff revealed that majority of the respondents were having medium (53.50%) planning ability, medium (59.50%) organizing ability, medium (56.00 %) directing ability, medium (70.00%) communicating ability, medium (66.00%) supervising ability and medium (56.00 %) coordinating ability. On an overall, majority (60.00%) of the respondent were having medium managerial abilities. The findings of the role performance of the FPO staff reported that (52.50%) of the respondents were having medium level of role performance and for attitude of the FPO staff towards the organization (53.00%) were having favorable attitude towards the organization. The results showed lack of trained manpower, lack of own office buildings, lack of transportation facilities, lack of godowns and store houses for storage, lack of enough capital, lack of government funds for promotion of FPOs, advance payment is required for getting inputs and sudden spurt in demand for inputs during the season were perceived as the most severe constraints among technical and operational, marketing, financial and input supply constraints, respectively.