1.10.5. AgmarkNet

♤ Agricultural Marketing ‘AgmarkNet’ is a unique live portal on agricultural commodities anywhere in the world, technically supported by a high capacity Central server and the programming capabilities of the NIC and the data is fed into the system in a decentralized mode through the voluntary cooperation of mandi staff. This is acceptable since the aim of the network is to keep farmers and other market functionaries informed of price and market related information. The portal is in public domain and anybody can access information from the portal as per their requirement. The portal is becoming popular as the information related to different aspects of marketing. The market information from the portal is being broadcasted by various Television News Channels and published in News Papers for benefits of farmers and other stakeholders. Efforts are also being made for dissemination of market information in association with other service providers like IKSL, NOKIA and IIT, Kanpur (BSNL Telecom Center of Excellence)etc. through SMS and voice mode to the farmers and other beneficiaries.