Farmer Producer organization (FPO) is an entity formed by the farmers, producers, milkmen, fishermen, weavers, and craftsmen etc to facilitate the growers to sell and buy their produce on a single platform - on a fair and profitable price. It can be a farmer producer company or a cooperative society which enables farmers to share, sell and buy their as well as others’ produce on market rates, based on reliable sources in order to benefit the agriculture community.
This has been done to benefit the producers to give them the benefit of their produce as small or marginal farmers are sometimes exempted from getting the profits. By bringing their produce to these organizations or getting associated gives them an opportunity to earn a profit on a single platform.
To make the marketing of agri commodities easier, National Agriculture Market or e-NAM - an online trading platform in India was launched at 21 Mandis on 14th April 2016. The e-NAM website is now available in eight different languages (Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Odia) while the live trading facility is available in six different languages (Hindi, English, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi and Telugu).
It was launched with the objective of providing competitive and remunerative price to farmers for their produce through online competent bidding process.Currently, 479 Mandis across 14 states and 01 union territory are covered under it.
An application or App on mobile regarding the same was also launched by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh to provide more benefits to the users. Different features like MIS dashboard for better analysis and BHIM payment facility were an added advantage. This new feature has been introduced for farmers where they can see the progress of their lot and also check real-time bidding progress of price will through the mobile app.
Now let’s talk about the Benefits to FPOs on e-NAM –
- Transparency in the trade is maintained
- Access to the larger number of Buyers
- Intra Mandi Trade
- Inter Mandi Trade
- Correct weighment
- Assured & Timely online payment
- Personalized Dashboard and Information
- Access of Information on Mobile App about Prices and Trade
FPOs e-NAM Registration Summary till 14-06-2018
|
S.No. |
State |
FPOsNo.s |
|
|
1. |
AP |
24 |
|
|
2. |
GJ |
14 |
|
|
3. |
MP |
4 |
|
|
4. |
MH |
20 |
|
|
5. |
RJ |
3 |
|
|
6. |
TS |
13 |
|
|
7. |
UP |
39 |
|
|
|
Total |
117 |
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