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AgroPolicy, Company News, India

Centre’s multi-state cooperative society for exporting products of cooperatives will have an authorised share capital of Rs 2,000 crore for the trading of goods and services in the cooperative sector.

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO), Krishak Bharti Cooperative (Kribhco), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED), Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), and National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) will jointly promote a newly announced national-level export cooperative society with an authorised share capital of Rs 2,000 crore for the trading of goods and services in the cooperative sector.

 Last week, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a proposal to establish three new national-level multi-state cooperative societies to promote organic products, seeds and exports. A national-level cooperative organic society, cooperative seed society and cooperative export society will be registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002.

The Centre’s new multi-state cooperative society for exporting products of cooperatives will have an authorised share capital of Rs 2,000 crore and an initial paid-up capital of Rs 500 crore contributed by five such organisations.

The society will focus on exporting the surpluses of the cooperative sector, scout for markets, promote products made by cooperatives in the global arena, and help in increasing their demand globally.

The body will provide institutional support for aggregating an exportable surplus, working capital, logistics, technical know-how, and training. It will provide all back-end support, which includes procurement, storage, processing, marketing, branding, labelling, packaging, certification, research and development and trading to members for boosting the export potential of their products.

Centre’s multi-state cooperative society for exporting products

AgroPolicy, Foodgrains, India

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited in New Delhi to boost the initiative visioned by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote Millets towards celebration of the International Year of Millets 2023.

DA&FW and NAFED will collaborate in key areas like facilitating advisory support to manufacturers/processors of millet-based products to develop value-added millet-based commodities; on-boarding of start-ups, inclusive of start-ups empaneled with Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR); formation of FPOs specifically for developing a range of millet-based products; promote and market millet-based products through the network of NAFED Bazaar Stores and other institutions linked with NAFED as well as installation of Millet based Vending Machines at various locations across Delhi-NCR; and dispensing millet-based products that shall assist in establishing the focus on millet-based commodities.

Both organizations will work together for the promotion and marketing of millet-based products, keeping in view the initiative of “International Year of Millets (IYOM)-2023” proposed by the Government of India to the United Nations, which is to be celebrated across the world. As India is gearing up to bring millet back on the global map, they will build support and organize, promote, market, and forge effective market linkages for millet-based products to maximize the value capture and millet-based commodities across the country.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between

AgroPolicy, Allied Industry, Bee keeping



The conclave was organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and National Bee Board

The National Conclave on Wild and Forest Honey was recently organised by TRIFED in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers the Welfare and National Bee Board. Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs, virtually addressed the conference.

The conclave was organised in conjunction with the National Bee Board (NBB) as a part of the campaign of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare’s ‘Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari.’

Supported by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) & National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the objective of this National Conclave is to create awareness about the production of forest and wild honey and of the tribals engaged in honey gathering.

R Jaya, MD, TRIFED and Addl Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Dr Geetha Meetina, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Dr Prabhat Kumar, Commissioner, Horticulture, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare also graced this conclave with their presence. The event was also attended by members of Honey Farmer Producer Organisations who shared their experiences in the seminar.

The second half of the conclave featured technical sessions on topics like honey bee colony and floral honey; production of wild and forest honey; wild honey collection and wax processing and capacity building of tribal communities in beekeeping.

The conclave was organised in collaboration with

AgroPolicy, Bee keeping

More than 600 participants from various divisions participated in the conference

National Bee Board (NBB) recently organised a national conference on bee keeping sector in collaboration with the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) & National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). More than 600 participants from government as well as the private sector, State Agricultural Universities (SAUs)/ Central Agricultural Universities (CAUs), Beekeepers and other stakeholders involved in beekeeping occupation, etc. attended the conference.

During the conference, Dr Abhilaksh Likhi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India spoke on National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM), a central sector scheme launched by the Government of India for the overall promotion and development of scientific beekeeping in the country. The implementation of NBHM will be proven a huge step in achieving the ‘Sweet Revolution’ in the country.

Likhi expressed that NBHM will help in filling gaps in infrastructural facilities for honey and linking marginal beekeepers in an organised way for dealing with adulteration in honey. NBB has launched Madhukranti Portal for traceability of honey and& other beehive products viz.; bee pollen, bee wax, bee venom, propolis, etc. NBHM has the aim to create a network of honey testing labs covering all parts of the country and for this 100 FPOs of beekeepers will be proved as the centre.

Dr NK Patle, Additional Commissioner (Horti.) and Executive Director (NBB) emphasized on implementation of the NBHM scheme effectively all over the country and to provide factual benefits to beekeepers and other stakeholders associated with beekeeping occupation.

Dr Balraj Singh, Coordinator, AICRP on Honey Bee & Pollinator, ICAR, New Delhi, mentioned that currently there are 25 AICRP centres in the country, which are actively involved in research in beekeeping/ pollination. ICAR is on the way to creating Pollinator Gardens under AICRP centres across India. The first such type of Pollinator Garden has been established at Govind Bhallabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.

Dr Arjun Singh Saini, Director General (Horticulture) spoke on the status and strategy for implementation of the Madhukranti Portal in Haryana. He informed that about 816 beekeepers with 1,29,652 honeybee colonies are registered on Madhukranti Portal from Haryana State.

Pankaj Prasad, Additional Managing Director and Unnikrishnan, General Manager from NAFED informed that NAFED is creating 65 clusters/ Farmers Producers Organisations (FPOs) of beekeepers/ Honey Processors. These 65 FPOs will be part of the honey corridor linking northwest to north-eastern regions.

Abhijit Bhattacharya, NDDB stated that NDDB has an approach of creating Honey FPOs in the line of Dairy Cooperatives for getting the benefit of infrastructural facilities available with Dairy Cooperatives/ Milk Unions.
Seema Bhatnagar, General Manager, TRIFED informed that TRIFED is already involved in promoting beekeeping in tribal parts of the country and procuring wild honey and has also exported to various countries honey worth Rs 115 lakhs during 2020-21.

A brief process of registration on the Madhukranti Portal was also demonstrated to participants/ beekeepers of this conference by Jai Prakash, Senior Manager, Indian Bank. Registration with Madhukranti Portal will help the beekeepers during the migration of bee colonies and also get insurance.

More than 600 participants from various divisions