- Electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM):
- Online platform connecting APMC mandis to create a Unified National Market.
- Increases choice for farmers to sell to traders across India.
- Ensures better price discovery through competitive bidding.
- Facilitates emergence of integrated value chains.
- Model Agri Produce and Livestock Marketing Act 2017:
- Proposes private wholesale markets and direct sale by farmers to bulk buyers.
- Allows godowns, warehouses, cold storages to act as regulated markets.
- Aims for single license and single point of levy of market fee at state/national level.
- Contract Farming:
- Guarantees market outlet and reduces price uncertainty for farmers.
- Provides loans in kind (inputs) and technical advice.
- Agriculture-Based Clusters:
- Geographical concentration of producers, agro-industries, traders.
- Improves market access and higher value-added production.
- Agriculture Infrastructure Fund:
- Improves supply chain infrastructure (warehousing, cold chain, food processing).
- Helps farmers get higher prices by storing produce longer.