National Agriculture Market: With all the schemes of the Central Government, marketing of agriculture and agricultural products has become easier than before. Although the prices of agricultural commodities fluctuate in many states, but since the Kovid lockdown, farmers have got much better prices for their produce. in this work National Agriculture Market i.e. e-NAM Portal has played an important role.
Explain that through the e-NAM portal, an online platform has been given to all the mandis of the country, which is free from the exploitation of middlemen. Here the farmer registers his produce, then the traders sitting in every corner of the country bid for the produce and buy the produce after the approval of the farmer.
Most business done from Jharkhand
The latest trends have revealed that Jharkhand’s market committees have set a new record in digital business through the online agriculture trade portal e-NAM. The names of states from Uttarakhand to Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala are also included in this list. The market committees of Jharkhand have occupied the top of the inter-state trade by doing a business of about Rs 85 lakh. After this, Uttarakhand is on the second number with a turnover of 35.86 lakhs.
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Tamil Nadu at number three with a turnover of 22.12 lakhs, Uttar Pradesh at number four with a turnover of 13.97 lakhs and market committees of Kerala at number five with a turnover of 2.82 lakhs. Officials believe about the success of e-NAM in Jharkhand Is that soon of Jharkhand e-NAM Digital Agri Business Will reach 1 crore.
These market committees remained at the forefront
According to media reports, Farmer Producer Organization Nari Urja Samiti of Churchu of Hazaribagh had provided online platform to women farmers for trading of fruits and vegetables. This market committee was on top in e-NAM business by making maximum digital payments. This market committee has also been honored at the national level. These days the market committees of Dhanbad and Garhwa have also made very good efforts by joining e-NAM business. Talk about the Hazaribagh Mandi Committee, from the purchase of apples from Jammu and Kashmir to the sale of sweet potatoes in Odisha and the purchase of onions from Maharashtra has also been done online.
Business increased after lockdown
During the Kovid-19 epidemic, there has been a boom in the online agriculture business of e-NAM. Of course, the lockdown had emerged as a challenge for the farmers, but many farmers have earned their livelihood by selling their crops in the market sitting at home. Hazaribagh market committee was at the forefront in this list. Here more than 27,000 farmers registered themselves in e-NAM and broke the record by doing inter-district-interstate business of 5 crores.
The agriculture department here has also cooperated a lot with the farmers. Training programs are also being run in every district here. Officials say that the agricultural market committees of Jharkhand are constantly in touch with the mandis of UP, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, which makes this work easier.
Disclaimer: Some of the information given in the news is based on media reports. Farmer brothers, before implementing any suggestion, do consult the concerned expert.