To develop Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure including Storage infrastructure, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is implementing a capital investment subsidy sub-scheme “Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)” of Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM).
It is well known that small farmers do not have economic strength to retain produce with them till the market prices are favourable. A network of rural godowns will enable small farmers to enhance their holding capacity in order to sell their produce at remunerative prices and avoid distress sales.
Warehouses:For constructing the network of warehouses in the town and mandis, the All India Warehousing Corporation has already been set up.
