Agricultural Marketing
Agricultural Marketing
What to Do?
- Farmer can get the price information of their produce which is available on Agmarknet website (www.agmarknet.nic.in) or through Kisan Call Centres or SMS.
- Pull SMS to get information as and when you need, is also available.
- Harvesting and threshing should be done at appropriate time.
- Proper grading, packing and labeling should be done before sale, for better prices.
- Transport of produce to proper market/mandi for getting remunerative price.
- Storage of produce should be done, for sale during off season, for maximum profit.
- Avoid distress sale.
- Farmers in a group may form marketing cooperatives for better marketing facilities.
- Marketing cooperatives may open retail and wholesale outlets.
- Farmers may also operate cold storages and warehouses to store the produce in order to avoid distress sale.
What Can You Get?
Criteria for Assistance/Maximum Limit| S.No | Type of facilities |
Category | Rate of subsidy |
Subsidy ceiling | Schemes. | ||
| Upto 1000 MT (in Rs./MT) |
More than 1000- 30000 MT (in Rs./MT) |
Maximum (Rs. Lakhs) |
|||||
| 1 | i) For Storage Infrastructure projects- |
A) NE States, Sikkim, UTs of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands and hilly areas |
33.33% | Rs. 1333/- per MT. |
Rs. 1333/- per MT. |
Rs. 400/- |
Integrated |
| 2 | (ii) For other Marketing Infrastructure projects Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub scheme of ISAM |
NE States, Sikkim, UTs of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands and hilly areas |
33.33% | Rs 500 | |||
Whom/Where to Contact?
Zonal Assistant Director (Agri) /Nearest Agriculture Sub-Depot / Agriculture Field Staff/ Rural Knowledge Centre /Kisan Call Center- Phone : 03192-243434
Source: Department of Agriculture
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