<p>A pioneer in linking agriculture markets electronically, Karnataka has now boarded the national digital supply chain, allowing its farmers to sell their produce beyond the boundaries of the state.</p>.<p>This silent revolution began on Friday when farmers in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh and Hubbali traded in maize and groundnuts using the e-National Agriculture Market platform.</p>.<p>Besides Hubbali, the wholesale market at Chincholi too has joined the e-NAM platform, along with 198 wholesale markets across seven states, allowing farmers to sell their produce without visiting the crowded markets, particularly during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p>.<p>The trade between markets in Hubbali and Kurnool also marked the integration of the e-NAM with the Unified Market Platform of Karnataka’s Rashtriya e-Market Services, promoted by the Karnataka State Agriculture Marketing Board.</p>.<p>“With the integration of 200 additional <em>mandis</em> (markets), the total number of e-NAM markets have now reached 785. By the end of this month, we intend to take that number to 1,000,” Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said.</p>.<p>Tomar said the interoperability of e-NAM and UMP will help farmers of Karnataka to sell their produce to large number of traders registered with e-NAM.</p>.<p>Even farmers from e-NAM <em>mandis</em> in other States will be able to sell their produce to Karnataka traders who are enrolled with ReMS platform of Karnataka, he said adding that this will also promote inter-state trade between the States on-boarded on e-NAM platform and Karnataka.</p>.<p align="left">Launched in April 2016, e-NAM now has 1.66 crore farmers and 1.28 lakh traders registered across the country who have so far achieved a total trade volume of 3.4 crore tonnes and 37 lakh bamboos and coconuts worth Rs one lakh crore.</p>.<p align="left">Last month, the Centre added two more options on the e-NAM platform that allows farmer producer organisations to trade from their collection centres and a “warehouse module” that allows farmers to sell their produce stored in registered warehouses.</p>.<p align="left">“This would help farmers sell their produce without bringing it to the markets,” Tomar said.</p>
<p>A pioneer in linking agriculture markets electronically, Karnataka has now boarded the national digital supply chain, allowing its farmers to sell their produce beyond the boundaries of the state.</p>.<p>This silent revolution began on Friday when farmers in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh and Hubbali traded in maize and groundnuts using the e-National Agriculture Market platform.</p>.<p>Besides Hubbali, the wholesale market at Chincholi too has joined the e-NAM platform, along with 198 wholesale markets across seven states, allowing farmers to sell their produce without visiting the crowded markets, particularly during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p>.<p>The trade between markets in Hubbali and Kurnool also marked the integration of the e-NAM with the Unified Market Platform of Karnataka’s Rashtriya e-Market Services, promoted by the Karnataka State Agriculture Marketing Board.</p>.<p>“With the integration of 200 additional <em>mandis</em> (markets), the total number of e-NAM markets have now reached 785. By the end of this month, we intend to take that number to 1,000,” Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said.</p>.<p>Tomar said the interoperability of e-NAM and UMP will help farmers of Karnataka to sell their produce to large number of traders registered with e-NAM.</p>.<p>Even farmers from e-NAM <em>mandis</em> in other States will be able to sell their produce to Karnataka traders who are enrolled with ReMS platform of Karnataka, he said adding that this will also promote inter-state trade between the States on-boarded on e-NAM platform and Karnataka.</p>.<p align="left">Launched in April 2016, e-NAM now has 1.66 crore farmers and 1.28 lakh traders registered across the country who have so far achieved a total trade volume of 3.4 crore tonnes and 37 lakh bamboos and coconuts worth Rs one lakh crore.</p>.<p align="left">Last month, the Centre added two more options on the e-NAM platform that allows farmer producer organisations to trade from their collection centres and a “warehouse module” that allows farmers to sell their produce stored in registered warehouses.</p>.<p align="left">“This would help farmers sell their produce without bringing it to the markets,” Tomar said.</p>
