Source: nextias
Link:https://blog.nextias.com/kisan-sabha-app
In News- The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) has launched Kisan Sabha App to connect farmers to supply chain and freight transportation Management System.
Aim and significance:
- Kisan Sabha aims to provide the most economical and timely logistics support to the farmers.
- It increases their profit margins by minimizing the interference of middlemen and directly connecting them with the institutional buyers.
- It will also help in providing the best market rates of crops by comparing prices from nearest mandis, booking of freight vehicle at the cheapest possible cost, thereby giving maximum benefit to the farmers
Key Features:
- The portal connects the various stakeholders like farmers, transporters, Service providers (like pesticides/ fertilizer/ dealers, cold store and warehouse owner), mandi dealers, customers (like big retail outlets, online stores, institutional buyers) and other related entities for an effective solution.
- The portal acts as a single stop for every entity related to agriculture, , be they a farmer who needs better price for the crops or mandi dealer who wants to connect to more farmers or truckers who invariably go empty from the mandis.
Rationale behind the launching of the App:
- In the present situation of COVID 19 pandemic, farmers are looking for help in their harvest reaching the market, seed/ fertilizer procurement for next season crop etc.
- A robust supply chain management is urgently required to facilitate the timely delivery of the product at the best possible prices.
- The overall agriculture market is not well organized and a lot of produce gets wasted or is being sold at very low rates.
- Based on this current prevailing situation, the Kisan Sabha App was developed.
About the CSIR-CRRI:
- It was established in 1950 as a constituent laboratory of India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
- The CRRI is located in New Delhi and conducts research and development in the areas of design, construction, maintenance and management of roads and airport runways.