Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to launch e-NAM Platform to promote agricultural trade

Bengaluru: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is organizing a two-day National Conference of State Agriculture and Horticulture Ministers in Bengaluru yesterday.  Union Agriculture and Famers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Ministers of State for Agriculture and Farmers  Welfare Sushri Shobha Karandlaje and Kailash Choudhary, and Ministers of Agriculture and Horticulture of the States will participate in the conference.  

This conference will focus on farmers' accessibility digitally to multiple numbers of markets, buyers, and service providers and to bring transparency in trade transactions with the intent to improve price discover mechanisms for better price realization of farm produce to the



farmers. 

The technical session will cover nine thematic areas, viz, Digital Agriculture, Pradhanmantri Fasal Bhima Yojan, Natural Farming, FPO, e-NAM,  Pradhanmantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, National Food Security Mission, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, New Technology by ICAR.  

One of the major interventions of this conference would be launching of e-NAM Platform by Mr. Thomar to promote trade and marketing of agricultural produce for getting better prices of agriculture commodities to farmers.  This conference is being organized to commemorate 75 years of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav which is a step forward towards building a self-reliant India.