India, March 18 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Many initiatives have been undertaken in order to encourage small and marginal farmers to participate in National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) for better realization of prices. Facility of online registration through e-NAM portal and through mobile app (available on Android and iOS platform) is provided. Training programmes are conducted in Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and toll-free number (18002700224) to assist farmers in registration & trading process.
As agro produce of small and marginal farmers may be less on individual basis, collectivizing them as Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) provides economies of scale. FPOs aggregate produce of me...