Dr. Arifa Sultana is a Consultant  at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad. Her research areas are the sustainability of farmers’ producer organizations, agriculture marketing, community development, e-marketing, food systems and nutrition, and rural development. Earlier, she worked as Dean and Principal at Madina Degree and PG College for Women, Hyderabad. She has 25 years of teaching and research experience. She was the principal investigator for research projects on NABARD-sponsored farmers’ producer companies in Telangana State.  She also completed a project sponsored by SFAC, Delhi, on the performance of FPOs under the ten thousand FPOs Central Sector Scheme.  She is the resource person and trainer at the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), and the IDEA Programme at ICAR, Agriculture University. She has been training the officials of the NRLM and the CEOs of farmer’s producer companies in India. She was also a resource person for the University Grants Commission (UGC) in the Women and Governance Module for the UGC Capacity Building Programme for Women in Higher Education Workshops. She was a resource person in financial management in the Higher Education Module for UGC Management Skills Enhancement Modules Workshops at Lady Doak College, Madurai, and at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar.