 "(Right to left) Joint secretaries in the agriculture ministry, P K Swain and Neerja Adidaim, with former chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices T Haque at the Business Standard Agriculture Round Table on Thursday Photo: Dalip K")
The government is working on ways to enable farmers to sell at remunerative prices and go for less costlier agriculture.
At the Business Standard Agriculture Round Table here, P K Swain, joint secretary, marketing and agriculture market intelligence, agriculture ministry, said they had states to integrate the eNAM, the in-the-works online trading platform with rural 'haats' (traditional marketplaces).
There are 22,000 of the latter, he said, adding that 585 markets have been included in eNAM and there are plans to include 415 more. As many as 140,000 farmers have registered in eNAm.
However, quality is an issue, affecting the prices traders will pay.
