To tide over the difficulties due to incessant shutdowns, several farmers in Maharashtra have turned into aggregators and started selling their produce without the help of mandis or agents. They......
In most cases, however, retail consumers are paying higher prices in the absence of direct procurement from aggregator or farmers. Vegetable prices have declined about 44 per cent over the past......
People in the know said plans were afoot to begin the sale of all food grains through online, with a major quantity through auctions that would be later extended to other commodities. IMAGE:......
The government of Maharashtra decided to shut operations at the Vashi APMC mandi between May 11 and 17 after confirmed cases of Covid-19 surpassed 80 in the APMC and over 450 across Navi......