PLATFORM OF PLATFORMS
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- Under the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has launched the Platform of Platforms (POP).
- The Minister launched the Platform during the State Agriculture and Horticulture Ministers' Conference in Bangalore, Karnataka.
- On this occasion, a grant of more than Rs 37 crore was released to 1,018 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) that will benefit about 3.5 lakh farmers.
- The Ministry has also released a Coffee Table Book to showcase the work and journey of e-NAM in bringing transparency and efficiency to agricultural trade practices through innovation and technology.
Significance of Platform of Platforms (POP)
- It will be facilitated the farmers to sell their products outside their state borders without any inconvenience.
- It will increase farmers' digital access to multiple markets, buyers and service providers.
- It will also bring transparency to business transactions.
- It will improve the price search mechanism and quality of the products.
- More than 40 service providers from different platforms are covered under Platform of Platforms (POP).
- It will provide integrated services like trading, quality checks, warehousing, fintech, market information, transportation etc.
- It will create a digital ecosystem that will be benefited from the expertise of different platforms of the agricultural value chain.
- It will enable farmers, FPOs, traders and other stakeholders to access a variety of goods and services across the agricultural value chain through a single window.
- It will provide more options to the stakeholders and also saves the time and labour of the stakeholders.
- Integration with e-NAM would ensure:
- Holistic services for the trading of agricultural produce including quality analysis, trading, and payment systems.
- Logistics Service.
- Quality Assurance Service.
- Cleaning, Grading, Sorting and Packaging Service.
- Warehousing Facility Service.
- Agricultural Input Service.
- Technology Enabled Finance and Insurance Service.
- Advisory Services, crop forecasting, weather updates, capacity building for farmers etc.
E-NAM
- National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is an online trading platform for agricultural commodities.
- It was launched by the Union Ministry of Agriculture in 2016.
- The e-NAM portal is managed by Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).
- It encourages farmers, traders and buyers with online trading in commodities.
- It helps in better price discovery and provides facilities for the smooth marketing of agricultural produce.
- The Platform helps traders and exporters in procuring quality products in bulk and also ensures transparent financial transactions.
- The e-NAM is linked with more than 1000 Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC) in 18 states and 2 union territories, with over 50 lakh farmers’ membership.
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