Agriculture For Kharif 2014 National Conference on Agriculture For Kharif 2014 (26-27th February, 2014) Marketing Interventions to Ensure Remunerative Prices of Pulses, Oil seeds and Coarse cereal grains AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Group - IV GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT

Background Incremental growth in Agricultural production depends on interventions related to; Backward linkages (input subsidies, incentives) Forward linkages (market interventions) Although huge incentives on input side, production of pulses, coarse cereals not taken up if proper market is not there. If market facilities will strengthen, production may rise due to surety of market. Thus, it directly facilitate to farmers to grow more pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds. (specially in pre dominant areas of pulses & coarse cereals)

Market Infrastructure Sr. No. Infrastructure Nos. 1 APMCs 207 2 Main yard 199 3 Sub yard 201 4 Commodities arrived (lakh Quintal) 1775 (as on 31.03.2011)

Interventions Administrative To ensure remunerative market through policy Infrastructure Creation To facilitate the farmers to come at market with produce for sell Awareness To spread awareness with market intelligence

Administrative way Amendment as per Model APMC Act in 2007, Private market E- market Direct marketing Farmer’s market Contract farming Common License Single Point levy Special market

Administrative : License Released Major players received license under Model Act, Reliance Food Processing Reliance Farmers Fresh Aditya Birla Retail National Spot Exchange Limited Cotton Corporation of India Jayant Agro Organic Gujarat State Co-operative Cotton Federation The Cargo Service Centre

Infrastructure Creation Sr. No. Infrastructure Normal area Tribal area Total 1 Electric weigh bridge 45 32 77 2 Auction shed 17 22 39 3 Export facilities 4 Cleaning Grading 8 10 5 Cold storage 9 11 6 Godown 33 41 7 New market 49 23 72 Ripening facility Pre- cooling unit 12 Pakka Platform/ Shed Requisite infrastructure created during 2007-08 to 2009-10.

Market Awareness Thanks Steps taken for market awareness as under; Training hall facilities at different APMCs. Display of electronic display board at village/ taluka level for market rate. Training to Secretaries and other office bearers of APMCs for better management of handling of agricultural commodities. Meetings with farmers for opt the crops based on market intelligence data. Promotion of value addition through providing incentives for agro processing units, i.e. mini dal mill, oil mill etc. Thanks