-Business Standard Farmers allowed to sell 46 Fruits and Vegetables directly without bringing them to mandis After allowing FPOs to directly procure from farmers, Uttar Pradesh has announced another set of reforms to its Mandi Act. The state joins the long list of domains that have used the Covid-19 crisis to make changes in their APMC rules in order to facilitate direct procurement from farmers. Please click here to read more. ...
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Logistic constraints: Few takers among retail biggies for direct purchase from farmers -Prabhudatta Mishra
-Financial Express Except Madhya Pradesh, no other state has so far acted upon the Centre’s advisory, leaving farmers, the intended beneficiaries of the move, high and dry. The Centre’s April 4 directive to states, asking them to facilitate direct purchase of farm produce including grains, pulses and Fruits and Vegetables by big retailers, aggregators and food processors hasn’t produced any immediate results. Except Madhya Pradesh, no other state has so far acted...
More »Farmers are among the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic -Akila Kannadasan and Chitradeepa Anantharam
-The Hindu Amid stories of farmers struggling to sell their produce due to the lockdown, there is also a ray of hope in those who sell locally, creating more self-sufficient communities Vegetables are the new gold. Whoever thought one would dream of roasted potato and carrot raita? These are strange times. After we venture out to buy them, mask and gloves on, we (hopefully) return triumphant, our bags bulging with carrots, beans,...
More »Govt may be taking too much risk by keeping ops going: APMC director -Anirudh Laskar
-Livemint.com * 100-200 trucks are directly reaching retail vegetable market on the grounds and some 100 trucks are coming to APMC * Prices of foodgrains and pulses are currently around 40% higher than normal days Mumbai: Every day close to 600 truckloads of vegetables, foodgrains and fruits converge from Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan and various parts of Maharashtra to the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) centre at Vashi in New Mumbai, to feed the...
More »TN’s transportation lockdown pushes farmers of perishable items into losses -Megha Kaveri
-TheNewsMinute.com Producers of fruits and flowers across the state have been put in a difficult position due to the absence of transportation options for their produce. As hundreds of migrant workers stranded in different parts of Tamil Nadu are being identified and sheltered in government houses amid the coronavirus scare, there is another category of people who have been left in the lurch due to the lockdown -- the farmers and traders...
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