Barpeta, 8 June: In the midst of COVID pandemic, it was a happy day
for the farmers of Mandia, 3 No, Bordalani village, Barpeta, as they could sell
21MT of pumpkin from farm gate to wholesale buyer from Bara Bazar, Kolkata on
8th June 2021. This was an emergency
market linkage initiative for helping the farmers of the district in marketing
of their surplus agricultural produce during the pandemic times.
The market linkage from farm gate
of Assam to Kolkata wholesaler was initiated end to end under Assam Agri
Business and Rural Transformation Project (APART) on special request of Tej
Prasad Bhusal, the Deputy Commissioner of Barpeta. The operation on the ground
was supported by officials of the District Agricultural Office, Barpeta
District. The benefitted farmer, Rahimuddin, from 3 No Bordoloni, Mandia had a
good harvest of pumpkin this year but was struggling to sell the same due to
the restricted movements during the pandemic. He expressed his gratefulness to
the Department and officials for the timely intervention.
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