We’re proud to let you know that the Chodan-Madel Farmers’ Club was recently selected by NABARD as the best performing Club amongst the 43 Farmers’ Clubs in Goa.
Mr. P. Mahambare receives the "Best Farmers Club" Award on behalf of the Chorao Farmers Club
This award (for 2009-10) includes a cash prize of Rs 5,000/- and additional institutional support of Rs 5,000/-. It was presented to us at a special event on April 29th, 2010.
We’d like to thank the many, many people that have supported us in different ways over the last two years.
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Mr. Deol - judged the 'Best Branch Manager' under the Farmers Club Program for 2009-10
The other good news is that our Central Bank of India Branch Manager, Mr. Amrik Singh Deol was identified as the ‘Best Branch Manager’ under the Farmers Club Program. A hearty congratulations to him and we thank him for his unstinting support!
Thanks to amazing support from mancurad mango lovers in Goa, we are now all out of AAMche Chorao Mancurad mangoes for this year.
Sorry if we missed you out this season, but we’ll be back next year. You can pre-order your mangoes in March 2011 by calling us on 9552 52 52 60
We are now bringing our juciest and best mancurad mangoes direct to your doorstep (in select localities – see below). Each box of AAMche Chorao Mancurad contains one dozen delicious mangoes, naturally ripened and ready to eat.
We can deliver to you in the following neighbourhoods — Bambolim, Caranzalem, Dona Paula, Fontainhas/Mala, Merces, Miramar, Panjim, Porvorim, Ribandar, Santacruz and Taleigao.
To order your mangoes,
call us on 9552 52 52 60 (only 300 boxes available)
Enjoy the mango season 
Premanand Mahamabre felicitated by Ministry of Agriculture
Premanand Mahambare, the current President of our Club was among the 101 small and marginal farmers felicitated at the hands of the Union Minister for Agriculture, Shri Sharad Pawar, on the 26th of February 2010.
The Ministry of Agriculture has brought out a coffee table book titled “Harvest of Hope” that documents the role of small and marginal farmers in keeping the wheels of agriculture turning in India. 101 farmers from across the length and breadth of the country were identified and felicitated by the Minister at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi.
Needless to say, the Club is proud of his achievements.
Read the official press release about the event here.
And more about the book and event here.
The Chorao Island Farmers Club’s Red Kernel Rice completes 1 year in the Goan market.
We’ve channelised over 850kgs (to date) to various shops in North Goa.
We’d like to thank all the stores that have supported and shown faith in us over this year. Also, thanks to the Central Bank which provided timely financing for this project through the NABARD supported Farmers Club Program. We’d also like to thank KVK for technical expertise, and of-course a big thank-you to TERI for standing by our side and guiding us through this pilot experiment over the last several months!
And most of all, a round of applause to our rice supply team that has worked hard to make sure our product reaches the markets on time.
Members of our Farmers Club met on the 2nd of November 2009 to promulgate the Club into a Society under the Societies Act 1860.
Members gather to create their Society and elect the Governing Body
Founder members and the Governing Body
There are 56 founding members and we also elected our Governing Body consisting of 11 representatives.
The Governing Members are as below…
| President: Premanand Mahambare |
Vice President: Shrikant Priolkar |
| Secretary: Shankar Chodankar |
Joint Secretary: Namita Khandeparkar |
| Treasurer: Mukund Khandeparkar |
Joint Treasurer: Samiksha Khandeparkar |
| Member: Gita Uskaikar |
Member Sunita Khandolkar |
| Member: Lisa Noronha Dias-Noronha |
Member: Manoj Sarnaik |
| Members: Mahadev Chondankar |
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 ICAR's Dr. Prabhudesai administered the 'Oath of Office' to the elected members of the Governing Body |
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