Indian Council of Agricultural Research signs a MOU with Amazon Kisan to Empower Farmers

Category : National Published on: June 13 2023

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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi signed a MoU with Amazon Kisan to combine strengths and create synergy between the two organizations for guiding the farmers on scientific cultivation of different crops for optimum yield and income.
ICAR will provide technological backstopping to the farmers through Amazon’s network.
It will improve farmers’ livelihood and boost crop yield.
This MoU in farmer’s partnership with Amazon Kisan program will help ensuring access to high quality fresh produce for consumers across India, including through Amazon Fresh.
A successful pilot project between ICAR-KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) in Pune and Amazon has decided to expand the collaboration.
The precision farming practices developed through extensive research will be disseminated for the benefit of a wider group of farmers.