Mobile helps find right price for farmers produce


TWO MAJOR problems plague the agriculture sector: the first, lowering input costs, and the other, proper marketing. If these two are addressed then the farmers’ economic status will improve.

“Though marketing fruits and vegetables at the right time become’s imperative to get a good price, the fact is many of our farmers are unaware of the daily market prices and often depend on middlemen, who easily exploit them. Many of these brokers often work on an established network and quote the same (low) price.

 

Severe liability

“A small farmer who lacks information on the right price often sells the produce to the middlemen as storing his produce is simply not possible,” says Prof. E. Vadivel, Project officer, e- Extension Centre, Directorate of Extension Education, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore.....................Click for more

 

Source Web Page: The Hindu


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