Introduction: Farmer Producers Organizations (FPO) are where farmers become members of the organization to avail the collective benefits of input purchase, usage of machinery and resources, technology, practices and sell their produce in bulk by eliminating middle men allowing the farmer to get a big share of the profits. Context: FPO staff play an important role in achieving the objectives set forth by the organization and are considered as the resource of the organization. To perform the work efficiently and effectively, there is a need to study about their managerial abilities, identify the lacunae and take up suggestive measures for improvement. Objective: The purpose of this research was to study the managerial abilities of farmer producer’s organizations staff. Methodology: Ex-post facto research design was chosen for the study. The state Telangana and zone – III were selected purposively as it has the highest number of FPOs. Out of 66 FPOs in the zone, 40 FPOs were selected using proportionate sampling from each district and within the district randomly. Five respondents were selected randomly from each FPO making up a total sample size of 200. Data were collected with the help of structured schedule through personal interview. Results and Discussion: The study revealed that the respondents had medium planning ability (53.50%), medium organizing ability (59.50%), medium directing ability (56.00 %), medium communicating ability (70.00%), medium supervising ability (66.00%) and medium coordinating ability (56.00%). Overall study reported that majority of the respondent had medium managerial abilities (60.00%).

Keyword: Farmer producers’ organization, Managerial abilities, Planning, Organizing, Directing, Supervising, Coordinating, Communicating,