Tanager, formerly known as Agribusiness Systems International (ASI), a non-profit organisation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Girijan Cooperative Corporation (GCC) Limited, for improving the market-readiness capacity of farmers of Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts on Wednesday.
The MoU was signed by Tanager India, Country Representative, Amit Kumar Singh, and Vice-Chairman and MD of GCC T. Babu Rao Naidu. The agreement, valid for three years, is a part of Tanager’s project of AP Farmers Market Readiness Programme, supported by Walmart Foundation.
Objective
The main objective of the MoU is to strengthen economic development of tribal farmers in Andhra Pradesh by providing support to them in procurement and marketing of agricultural produce and minor forest produce, thereby making the farmers market ready.
The understanding between both the organisations further aims at joining forces, skills, knowledge, expertise infrastructure, material, methods, equipment’s resources from time to time to improve the market readiness capacity by providing backward and forward linkages of the selected (Farmer Producer Organisations) in Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts. Mr. Singh said the initiative would give Tanager an opportunity to showcase their expertise in the field of agriculture-related market linkages and helping small farmers to generate more income.
“Tanager will provide the technical support in areas like marketing, value addition, procurement, grading, branding and publicity,” Mr. Naidu told The Hindu.