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Agriculture knowledge centre launched

Published by Metro India News on September 05, 205 00!5"!"0 AM

As part o# Prime Minister$s %ision to trans#orm the country into a digitally&empowered knowledge economy, e'resh

portal has de%eloped an Agriculture (nowledge )issemination *enter +A()* #or the bene#it o# %arious stake

holders, primary agricultural cooperati%e societies, producer group organisations, commercial - cooperati%e

banks, and other agricultural institutions.

/he #irst centre has been inaugurated by Aoy Na1ib, M +Priority Sector, 3ural 4anking - 'I o# State 4ank o#

yderabad +S4 in Secunderabad on 'riday. /his centre pro%ides people with knowledge and electronic

connecti%ity in agriculture domain, empowering and enabling the #arming community through the use o# digital

technology.

Indian 4anks6 Associations +I4A Standing *ommittee on Agro 4usiness and MSM7 said, 8/he e'resh portal being

multilingual will bene#it the young #armers regarding latest de%elopments in agriculture as well as demand&supply

o# agricultural produce #or deciding the crops one can raise.8 /he I4A also suggested e'resh to approach

interested banks #or connecti%ity.

Srihari (otela, managing director o# e'resh said, 9/he company has been working in this direction as a one stop

source o# knowledge and a market place #or all agricultural needs, supported by National 4ank #or Agriculture and

3ural )e%elopment +NA4A3) and National orticulture Mission, o%ernment o# India.:

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