E-Platform for National Agricultural Market

National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is the lead agency for implementing eNAM under the aegis of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India. VISION To promote uniformity in agriculture marketing by streamlining procedures across the integrated markets, removing information asymmetry between buyers and sellers and promoting real time price discovery based on actual demand and supply. MISSION Integration of APMCs across the country through a common online market platform to facilitate pan-India trade in agriculture commodities, providing better price discovery through transparent auction process based on quality of produce along with timely online payment

Impact of Agribusiness in Doubling Farmer’s Income

Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study[1] of value chains in agriculture[2] and in the bio-economy,[3] in which case it is also called bio-business[4][5] or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for products related to natural resources such as biotechnology, farms, food, forestry, fisheries, fuel, and fiber. Studies of business growth and performance in farming have found successful agricultural businesses are cost-efficient internally and operate in favorable economic, political, and physical-organic environments. They are able to expand and make profits, improve the productivity of land, labor, and capital, and keep their costs down to ensure market price competitiveness.[6] Agribusiness is not limited to farming. It encompasses a broader spectrum through the agribusiness system which includes input supplies, value-addition, marketing, entrepreneurship, microfinancing, and agricultural extension. In some countries like the Philippines, creation and management of agribusiness enterprises require consultation with registered agriculturists above a certain level of operations, capitalization, land area, or number of animals in the farm

Bacterial consortium for efficient degradation of di-ethyl phthalate in soil microcosm

Not AvailableThe worldwide increase of industrialization and reduction in the forest cover has led to the accumulation of harmful contaminants into the environment. One such ?emerging? group of contaminants is phthalate esters that have been reported from all around the world. Di ethyl phthalate (DEP) has wide applications as plasticizers of polyvinyl chloride, and attributable to its endocrine disrupting and anti-androgenic activity. In agriculture, there is wide use of plastic films such as in mulching and greenhouse. Due to heat and other factors, DEP from plastic leaches down is difficult to degrade and enters the food chain. In the present study, nine different DEP degrading bacterial morphotypes were isolated from three soil samples collected from the Centre for Cultivated Protection Technology IARI, New Delhi, India. All the isolates were able to grow in DEP amended MS medium and finally three efficient bacterial isolates namely Achromobacter sp. strain DEPA3, Pseudomonas sp. strain DEPB3, and Enterobacter sp. strain DEPC1 were selected for the degradation of DEP in MS broth and soil microcosm individually as well as the mixed consortium. In MS broth, 84.91?96.14% DEP degradation was observed while in soil microcosm 81.16?92.39% degradation occurred within 30 days of inoculation. In the future, the potential isolates selected in the present study can be employed for bioremediation of contaminated sites