1. 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

2. 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)

3. 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 )

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 to

8. 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