International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Sajina, PK Maurya, B Saha, Nirdesh and R Gupta

abstract
A company's performance is directly tied to the competencies of its staff. An empirical study was conducted to assess managerial competency possessed by office bearers of Farmer Producer Organisations of Tripura. Satadol Fish Farmers Producer Company Limited, Bagma Agri Producer Company Limited, Chauddadevta Organic Producer Company Limited, Chokreng Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited and Hillstop Horti Producer Company Limited were purposively selected for the study. A sample of 20 officials which included 15 Directors (3 directors from each FPOs) and 5 CEOs (1 CEOs from each FPOs) were selected randomly from the selected FPOs. Based on 5 Dimensional Managerial Competencies Battery (5D-MCB) for assessing competencies of office bearers, Bagma Agri Producer Company Limited (2.6496) scored first rank in overall managerial competency score followed by Hillstop Horti Producer Company Limited (1.9734), Satadol Fish Farmers Producer Company Limited (1.6748), Chauddadevta Organic Producer Company Limited (1.5332) and Chokreng Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited (1.4996). Accordingly, the majority of officials (55%) were found to be novice/inexperienced while 25 percent were efficient. Only 20 percent of them possessed expert level capabilities/skills. The results highlight the importance of skill development programmes for officials to improve the performance of FPOs.