ISAM (Integrated scheme for Agriculture and Marketing)

Integrated Scheme for Agriculture and Marketing (ISAM)

Ministry/Department : Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Related to : Agricultural marketing Objective: --> to promote creation of agricultural marketing infrastructure by providing backend subsidy support to State, cooperative and private sector investments --> to promote creation of scientific storage capacity and to promote pledge financing to increase farmers’ income --> to promote Integrated Value Chains to provide vertical integration of farmers with primary processors --> to use ICT as a vehicle of extension to sensitize and orient farmers to respond to new challenges in agricultural marketing --> to establish a nation-wide information network system for speedy collection and dissemination of market information and data on arrivals and prices for its efficient and timely utilization by farmers and other stake holders; --> to support framing of grade standards and quality certification of agricultural commodities to help farmers get better and remunerative prices for their graded produce; --> to catalyze private investment in setting up of agribusiness projects and thereby provide assured market to producers and strengthen backward linkages of agri-business projects with producers and their groups; and --> to undertake and promote training, research, education, extension and consultancy in the agri marketing sector. Agri Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) is the most important sub-scheme of ISAM