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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Scheme to help farmers sell vegetables in Aurangabad -Himanshu Nitnaware

Scheme to help farmers sell vegetables in Aurangabad -Himanshu Nitnaware

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published Published on Jun 14, 2014   modified Modified on Jun 14, 2014
-The Times of India
 

AURANGABAD: The agriculture department has initiated a scheme for farmers to help them sell vegetables in the city. The department would spend a sum of Rs 17 crore in the next two years for the same.

Janardhan Jadhav, divisional joint director of agriculture, here said that the government allocated Rs 300 in 2011-12 under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana for implementation of a vegetable initiative for urban clusters. It helped set in motion a cycle of production and income for farmers and assured supply for consumers.

"The scheme was initiated in urban cities like Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune and has now begun in Aurangabad. The farmers from Aurangabad, Beed and Jalna are to form groups and seek necessary infrastructure from the state government," Jadhav saidm and added that the aim is to provide fresh vegetables to city dwellers and cause less damage to it while transporting.

"The aim of the scheme is to address the concerns related to demand and supply aspects, enhance vegetable production, improve nutritional security and income support for farmers," he added.

Jadhav said that transport vehicles and other infrastructural benefits will also be provided to farmers at subsidised rates. It is a part of promoting, developing and disseminating technologies for enhancing production and productivity of vegetables. The agriculture department official said that the farmers will have to understand the demands of the city dwellers and accordingly increase the open and controlled atmosphere farming activity.

"The farmers will also have to change the conventional methods of farming and use modern methods along with use of technology. Regular training workshops will also be held according to the crop pattern chosen by them and the market requirements," he added.

Facilities like shed net, green house and equipment to cultivate high quality vegetables, pack house, reefer van, storage house, retail market outlets, mobile vending carts, cool chamber with platform and motorised vending cart will also be made available at 40-55% subsidies to farmers.


The Times of India, 13 June, 2014, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Scheme-to-help-farmers-sell-vegetables-in-Aurangabad/articleshow/36462186.cms


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