Haryana to hold world conference of wholesale market in October

The representatives of wholesale market from 250 countries around the globe will participate at the 33rd Conference of World Union of Wholesale Market (WUWM) from October 10 to 12 in Gurugram.

The event will be organised by the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board in coordination with the National Council of State Agricultural Marketing Boards.

Principal Secretary Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department Abhilaksh Likhi on Tuesday gave necessary directions during a meeting at New Delhi regarding organising this event in Haryana.

The conference will be the first ever in India and the second in Asia. Prior to this, 30th conference of WUWM was organised in China during the year 2015, an official spokesman said. He said during the 32nd conference of wholesale market in Barcelona, Spain, an agreement was signed by the Haryana Government to organise the 33rd conference.

The leading business establishments of India would also participate in this conference.

The conference is being organised on the diversification of crops, digitisation of value chain integration, partnership of international market and marketing, e-trade, cold chain and other related topics, he added.