What to do?
- Farmer can get the price information of their produce available on Agmarknet website (www.agmarknet.nic.in), through Kisan Call Centres or SMS.
- 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 at proper market/mandi for getting remunerative price.
Storage of produce should be done for sale during off season for maximum profit.
Avoid distress sale.
Farmer in a group can form marketing cooperatives for better marketing facilities.
Marketing cooperatives can open retail and wholesale outlets.
Farmers can also operate cold storages and warehouses to store the produce in order to avoid distress sale.
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Scheme Name |
Type of Assistance |
Pattern of Assistance |
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Development/Strengthening of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, |
• For rapid development of infrastructure projects in agriculture and allied sectors including dairy, meat, fisheries and minor forest produce |
• 25% of the capital cost of project up to ₹ 50 lakh on each project. |
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Gramin Bhandaran Yojana : A Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme for |
Go down capacity from100 Mt to 30000 MT (50 MT for hill areas) • For all farmers |
• 25 percent subsidy of capital cost |
