Major activities of the FPO :

1. Production of organic vegetables, spices & pulses; value addition; and marketing.

2. Paddy & wheat procurement and marketing.

3. Supply of agricultural inputs such as seeds, compost and pesticides to member farmers.

4. Production of Bamboo based handcrafted items and marketing.

The FPO got itself registered on e-NAM in May’20. Till 31st Mar’22, it had sold 5878 quintals of commodities worth Rs 83.15 lacs and received Rs 75.92 lacs e-payment. Based on e-NAM business, the FPO got appreciation from SDO, Hazaribagh on the occasion of Republic Day’21.

Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, CEO of UCProFPC stated, “because of e-NAM, we can connect to more buyers; no. of buyers has increased from 2-3 to 6-7. We are able to approach rice millers directly for selling our paddy crop. Our member farmers are joyful about the higher price realization due to e-NAM; around 5-8% higher price realization on e-NAM in comparison to traditional market. Thank you SFAC and Hazaribagh APMC for prompting supporting us.”

Post Officials of CWFSPCL attending awareness campaign organized in the Hazaribagh APMC, the FPO decided to explore option of selling its produce via e-NAM; finally, the FPO joined e-NAM on Feb’20 to reap the benefits of during transactions via e-NAM. Till 31st Mar’22, it had sold 2543 quintals of commodities worth Rs 41.56 lacs and got Rs 23.58 lacs e-payment.

The FPO members stated, “prompt payment via e-NAM is very amazing. Based on the e-NAM trade record we are now availing extended credit line from local banks. Thank you SFAC for running such a beneficial scheme.” CEO of the FPO Mr. Phuleshwar Mehto has expressed his pleasure about ease of doing business and keeping record of transactions through e-NAM. He further stated that the transparent system followed in e-NAM brings confidence of member farmers of the FPO.

The women-owned FPO, joined e-NAM on Aug’21. As on 31st Mar’22, it had sold 7953 quintals of commodities worth Rs 1.09 Cr; got Rs 93.74 lacs e-payment. Prior to e-NAM, members of CNUFPC used to sell their produce in local physical markets and village level collection agents having biased price related information. Post their experience of selling on e-NAM, they realized that their produce is fetching more prices as compared to local markets on the same point of time. Moreover, transparency in e-NAM trade also saves them from the malpractices at the local markets.

Mr. Sumitra Devi, Director of the FPO stated, “our FPO has received most of if its payment digitally against the sale of the produce. we are impressed by prompt payment via e-NAM & access to more buyers; no. of buyers has increased from 2-3 to 6-7 and e-NAM is providing us support to sell our farm produce in Koderma and Garhwa districts of the state in addition to native Hazaribagh market. We are also getting better price (around 5-8% higher price) via the online trading.” The FPO is winner of Best FPO of the Year Award (under small category) in Livelihoods India Summit-2021; the award was presented by Smt. Neelkamal Darbadi, IAS, (Ex- MD SFAC).

Prior to e-NAM, the FPO members were selling their produce in local markets and dependent on mercy of traders pertaining to assaying quality of their produce, produce quantity and post trade on-time payment. They also had limited option to select buyers for their produce. The FPO joined e-NAM on July’21, post getting informed about the scheme and its benefits via an awareness session. As on 31st Mar’22, 4678 quintals of commodities worth Rs 70.07 lacs had been traded on e-NAM by the FPO.

Mr. Sumanto Panja, ECO of the FPO complemented, “our farmers are very happy with the transparency and better price realization on the platform; about 5% better price realization on e-NAM as compare to physical market prices. We are thankful to SFAC & e-NAM Team for their regular trainings and on-ground support.”

The FPO attended awareness session on e-NAM and also guided one-on-one basis about what is e-NAM, how the portal works and what are its benefits. Finally, PKUPCL joined e-NAM in July’19, post its conviction to get rid of post-production supply chain issues such as- more marketing options, transparent weighment & quality check, ease of doing transactions and timely payment on sale of their produce.

Till 31st Mar’22, the FPO had sold 4345 quintals of commodities worth Rs 64.09 lacs. Mr. Bappa Das Vaisnav CEO of PKUPCL has extended thanks to e-SFAC & NAM team by saying “due to vast number of traders connected over e-NAM we are now able to sell our produce at good prices (around 5 % price hike on e-NAM) and our no. of buyers also has also increased from 2-3 to 3-4.”

The FPO joined e-NAM in June’20 and as on 31st Mar’22, the FPO had traded 8575 quintals of commodities worth Rs 1.21 crore using e-NAM platform. e-NAM helping the FPO in terms of access to more buyers and there by more selling options, assurance about product quantity and quality in front of buyers, along with payment assurance to the member farmers.

CEO of the FPO said, “transparency in the online trading system, timely payment, and direct payment to the FPO account are very impressive for us. NFPC has witnessed better price realization (3-6% high price) on e-NAM as compared to trade in physical markets. We are obliged for support and guidance of SFAC.”

DKAPPCO joined e-NAM at Paralakhemundi APMC in the month of Sept’19. As on 31st Mar’22, the FPO had traded 1167 quintals of these commodities worth Rs. 71.8 lacs. It has reported about 3% price gain on sale of cashew nuts and about 4% price gain on sale of maize. Collective selling via the FPO saving time and cost involved in selling of the produce by individual farmers and bringing higher bargaining power for the farmers.

The FPO members expressed, “we are very joyful about the transparent practices followed on e-NAM. The online transactions also helping use in keeping our books of accounts up-to-date. Thank you SFAC & Paralakhemundi APMC for your prudently planned actions.”

The FPO joined e-NAM at Koraput RMC in June’20. As on 31st Mar’22, the FPO had sold 8013 quintals of vegetables worth Rs 1.43 Cr. The FPO regularly attend e-NAM awareness evets and also gather needful trade specific advice/information on one-to-one bases from Koraput RMC and e-NAM team.

CEO of the FPO said, “we are fetching higher price (3-6% high price) on e-NAM compared to trade in conventional/physical markets for the vegetables, because of transparency in the online trade. Many thanks to Koraput RMC and e-NAM Team SFAC .”

Mr.Telu Veeraiah sold total 1.96 quintal of Cotton worth Rs.0.22 Lakhs on the day. He regularly trades via e-NAM as he has found the process to be very transparent and quick , and crating competition among traders. On 24th Mar’22 modal price of Rs 11,000/- per quintal cotton realised in the Mandi ; total 59 cotton lots traded with average bid per lot being ‘2’ on the day.In another incident, cotton sold at highest price of Rs 12,001/- per quintal on e-NAM at Khammam market on Saturday, 26th March’22. A farmer from Aswraopuram of Kottagudem district in Telangana got this price. Modal price Of Rs 10,500/- per quintal and lowest price of Rs 9,000/- per quintal realised on this day.

63 Regulated markets in the State are integrated with e-NAM portal, and the Department is progressively working to bring efficiency in end-to-end market operation leveraging the digital technology. Its steady effort has started showing prolific results in multiple fronts. One of the great achievements on e-NAM front is massive e-payment to farmers based e-NAM trade. From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2022. total e-payment of Rs 915.94 Crore has been done, for e-NAM trade worth Rs 1330.9 Crore.

Gingee in Villupuram Market Committee in Tamil Nadu is the top performing e NAM market on e-payment; and an e payment to the tune of Rs.241.22 Crore has been done for e-NAM trade worth Rs.344.47 Crore.e-payment is helping the farmers in multiple ways like ease of receiving money in their bank account, getting into formal banking system and its associated benefits, shortening the time of receiving payment, post their trade, etc.With this early success, the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business is expecting more and more no. of farmers to trade in e-NAM and to receive e-payment through e NAM portal in coming days.

The Farmers celebrated this event with cake cutting in presence of the Chairman, AMC Kesamudram and Regional Deputy Director of Marketing, Warangal. The event was covered extensively in the Regional News Channels and Newspapers. The Traders are vying with each other in purchase of Cotton through e-NAM.

• The Trade figures dated: 06.01.2022 in Kesamudram APMC ,Telangana:
• Number of lots traded: 126
• Max price: Rs. 10101 per Qtl
• Modal price: Rs. 9911 per Qtl
• No. of Traders Participated for the day : 20
• Average bids per lot for the day: 5.07