Agriculture Produce and Livestock Marketing has received a positive response: Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh

Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister for Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, said on Friday  that the model Agriculture Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2017 was released to the states on April 24, 2017, and has received a positive response regarding its adoption from all states. He suggested that states could declare the warehouses as market sub-yards so that the farmers can store surpluses and sell directly without having to transport the produce to the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) yard. In order to address the constraints of present agricultural marketing system promoted by APMCs and assure accessible marketing facilities to farmers, the Government, he added has shared a corrective reform with the states.

Addressing the National Agriculture Marketing Summit on the theme ‘Regenerating Agriculture through Smart Marketing Solutions – To Double Farmers’ Income’, the Union Minister, Radha Mohan Singh  said that famers have not been getting the corresponding increase in remuneration. The government is aware of the urgent requirement of strengthening market systems to reduce post-harvest losses to enable famers to tide over both situations of bumper production leading to a glut and abrupt price fall and incidences of less production resulting in the availability of meagre surplus.