Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) is a type of organization founded to reduce the participation of middlemen, address the marketing and value addition, constraints of small and marginal farmers, empower farmers, and increase the profitability of farming. The goal of this study was to identify and assess the constraints perceived by the staff of the FPOs. The total numbers of FPOs in the zone were 66 FPOs. Out of which 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 interview schedule. The Garrett Ranking Technique proposed by Garrett was used to rank the constraints. 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.

Keyword: Farmer Producer Organization, Constraints, Garrett Ranking, Staff