On the occasion of India’s presidency in G-20, through the theme ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’, with the aim of encouraging the sense of global unity and increasing the participation of women in the field of agriculture, a one-day workshop was organized in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh today on the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Madhya Pradesh Farm Gate App and participation of Women entrepreneurs in the Agriculture sector. The main objective of this workshop was to seek participation of more women in the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) and MP Farm Gate.
Smt. G.V. Rashmi, Managing Director, Mandi Board, in her address, gave information related to the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) in Madhya Pradesh, as well as highlighted the features of MP Farmgate App launched by the Mandi Board.
Professor PK Mishra, Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur, in his speech, said that the AIF scheme has spread out widely in Madhya Pradesh. Till date, 2,753 projects have been set up by Women entrepreneurs, availing the benefits of the AIF scheme widely. Madhya Pradesh is at the first position in the outreach of this scheme as compared to other states. He gave detailed information about the scheme.
Participating in the workshop, Shri Ashok Varnwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Government, Agriculture Department, while highlighting the important role of MP Farm Gate App, said farmers are getting fair price for selling their produce on the app and women are able to buy and sell the produce by bidding from the comforts of their home without going to the market.
Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Shri Kamal Patel, in his online message, conveyed his best wishes to all the participants attending the workshop, saying that they should make widespread use of the AIF scheme and MP Farm Gate App.
Around 300 participants attended the workshop. Information on the AIF scheme was shared by the experts from the Agriculture Department, NABARD, Horticulture, APEDA, banks and other institutions.
Doubts were resolved by giving succinct answers to the questions of the participants during the question-answer session as part of the workshop and information about the MP Farmgate app was also given to women farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs, traders etc.
Ms. Pooja Singh, Deputy Director, AIF gave detailed information about the AIF scheme. In relation to the MP Farm Gate App, Shri Musharraf Sultan, Technical Director, NIC Bhopal, Shri Yogesh Nagle, Assistant Director, Mandi Board and Shri Sandeep Choubey, Chief Programmer, gave detailed information about the MP Farm Gate App.
At the end of the workshop, vote of thanks was delivered by Shri Anand Mohan Sharma, Joint Director, Zonal Office of Madhya Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board, Jabalpur. Women entrepreneurs and farmers of Jabalpur region participated in the workshop.
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