THE INITIATIVE

• Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) as a source for scientific storage facility

THE BENEFICIARIES

• About 700farmers from Jammu, Samba and Katra districts, Jammu & Kashmir

THE CHALLENGE

• Although the region grows high grade basmati rice, ironically it also has to deal with distress sale
• The warehouse facility with PACS was rudimentary and did not meet Warehousing Development & Regulatory Authority(WDRA) standards

THE SOLUTION

• An MoU was signed by NABARD with PACS and ORIGO India, a post-harvest management services company
• NABARD enabled warehousing and negotiable warehouse receipt finance facilities for farmers
• Suitable warehouses were identified and upgraded to WDRA standards

THE IMPACT

• An end to distress sales
• Farmers free from the clutches of rice millers and aggregators
• Discovery of better crop prices
• WDRA standard warehouses with best in class facilities