Axis Bank Foundation has partnered with Access Livelihoods Foundation (ALF), with an objective to increase the income of the marginalized farmers.

Since the men temporarily migrate to nearby towns, ALC India has chosen to incubate women institutions which makes them a part of the decision making process on collective processing and marketing of their produce. It also ensures that money for the produce is going to the women members account, hence giving them also access to income from the produce. The project facilitates collectivizing farmers and mobilizing them into ten women Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Towards this, the project includes interventions like improving productivity of local crops, capacitating community institutions, livestock management (Dairy & poultry), facilitating institutional credit and creating infrastructure and capital for the producer companies. FPCs aid the small farmers to get agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers etc.) at a lower price, and gain more selling power for their produce. ALF works to create a strong local system and able leadership through FCPs helping them operate independently and become economically viable, thus breaking the constant debt cycle.