What is the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure scheme?

1. What is the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure scheme?

It is common knowledge that the promotion of agricultural marketing infrastructure needs to be encouraged.

Projects to reduce the participation of intermediates and to minimize post-harvest losses. A Robust infrastructure for the marketing of agriculture will ensure better remuneration for farmers and better provision of Products of quality for consumers and the processing industries. During the XII period of the plan, the estimated Investment in marketing infrastructure and development of the value chain was $8.61 billion. To tackle The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC), Govt., addresses this need. India has implemented the by merging the earlier Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) Scheme Grameen Bhandaran Yojana (GBY) and the Agricultural Development / Strengthening Scheme Infrastructure, Grading and Standardization (AMIGS) for Marketing.

2. What is agricultural biotechnology?

Agricultural biotechnology is a sophisticated biotechnology that makes it possible for plant breeders to produce precision Genetic modifications to convey beneficial traits to the food and fiber crop plants we rely on. For, Farmers and plant breeders have worked for centuries to improve crops. Traditional Husbandry Methods include the selection and sowing of seeds from the strongest plants to produce the most desirable ones for the next crop generation. Through selecting and breeding plants with features such as higher Yield, pest resistance and hardiness, early farmers have dramatically altered the genetic make-up of Crop plants were understood long before the science of genetics. Most of today's crop, as a result, plants bears little resemblance to their ancestors in the wild. The tools of modern biotechnology make it possible for plant Breeders to breed and to choose genes that generate beneficial characteristics and move them from one organism to another.

This method is much more accurate and selective than crossbreeding, involving the transfer of tens Thousands of genes and giving plant developers a more detailed understanding of the modifications being produced.

3. What are the benefits of Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2020?

This Act allows farmers to sell their produce freely from the farm gate directly to the farm gate.

As an alternative to APMC Markets, buyers / exporters / processors / retailers that offer better prices without paying a market fee in the commercial area. It will help reduce farmers' transportation costs.

It will also help to reduce losses from post-harvest. The Farmers can now store their produce after harvest in warehouses and sell it directly from such warehouses.

Warehouses at suitable prices at appropriate times without bringing the product to APMC Markets for just selling.

4. Under the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2020, corporate companies are also becoming entities as ‘farmers’?

The definition of a farmer in this Act does not include corporate companies. Farmers Only Producers Organizations (FPOs) registered under any legislation shall be included under the definition of FPOs farmers, except for individual farmers.

5. What are the payment procedures for FPO or Agricultural Cooperative Society under Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2020?

An FPO or a cooperative agricultural society shall make payment to the farmer immediately after the payment has been made.

Sale, but not later than 14 days from the date of aggregation or purchase subject to the Aggregation or Purchase, Provided that the delivery receipt is given to the farmer on the same day. If FPO Aggregates or purchases the production of the planned farmers from farmers in the trade area and sells them Produced in the raw form itself, payment shall be made immediately after such sale, but not later than the date of such sale. Subject to the aggregation or purchase period, three days from the date of aggregation or purchase, if procedurally so requested, Provided that the delivery receipt is given to the farmer on the same day.