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16th July, 2022

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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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