Developing India’s agricultural marketing ecosystem

• Dec 28, 2023
• 1 min

MSC provided strategic advisory and technical assistance to the Government of Bihar’s Department of Agriculture to strengthen the state’s agricultural marketing ecosystem. We supported the department with institution-building, agri-marketing policies, and digital systems.

MSC provided strategic advisory and technical assistance to the Government of Bihar’s Department of Agriculture to strengthen the state’s agricultural marketing ecosystem. We formulated high-priority agri-marketing policies, designed and rolled out digital systems, and provided institution-building and strengthening support.

MSC activated a price and arrival information collection system in 100 markets across the state, facilitated approvals to implement e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) in 20 markets, and developed a state digital dashboard for FPOs. We helped train more than 350 government officials and 138 farmer producer organizations and conducted 13 stakeholder workshops for the Government of Bihar. MSC also facilitated collaboration between the Department of Agriculture, the Government of Bihar, 12 private sector organizations, and 17 government organizations and institutions.

Our interventions helped the Government of Bihar formulate a range of upcoming policies, which include the Bihar Agri-export Policy, Bihar FPO Policy, and Bihar Rules for Market Asset Allotment. MSC also helped formulate the section on strategies and roadmap for agriculture marketing and farmer producer organizations under the Government of Bihar’s proposed Agriculture Roadmap 4.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned this project