Snapshot

In Karnataka there are 179 Taluk Agriculture Produce Co-operative Marketing Societies. Apart from these societies there are five specialized marketing societies dealing with Commercial Crops like arecanut etc, In order to achieve various objectives of such societies effectively and to restructure the marketing system, District Cooperative Marketing Unions at District level in the Districts of Belgaum, Bijapur, Bellary, Raichur, Mandya, Haveri, Mysore, Gulbarga, Shimoga, Hassan, Bidar and Bagalkot have been established. 

 The Karnataka State Co-operative Marketing Federation was registered on 11-11-1943 under the Karnataka co-operative societies Act. In the initial years the Federation was involved in the distribution of coffee seeds, sugar, clothes, cement and other consumer items. In the subsequent years the Federation has involved itself in procuring and distributing of agricultural inputs essential to the farmers such as fertilizers and insecticides and also purchase of agricultural produce from the farmers. 

 The major activities of the Federation are supplying fertilizers and pesticides necessary to the farmers through co-operative societies, under the minimum price support scheme of the Govt, and purchase of agricultural produce from the farmers as per Market Intervention Scheme and its own funds and construction of godowns in important centers of the State and thereby providing storing facility for the agricultural produce. 

In order to ensure timely supply of fertilizers to the farmers, the Government has implemented the Fertilizer Buffer Stock Scheme from the year 2008-09 through the Karnataka State Co-operative Marketing Federation. Upto 2019 the Federation has distributed 79.65 lakhs MT of Fertilizer to the tune of Rs.5563 crores. By implementing this scheme the financial position of the Federation improved gradually. The Government stands guarantee to the loan obtained by the Federation through Bank’s to the tune of 400 crores during 2018-19. 

Contact:080-22261875

Website: http://sahakara.kar.gov.in/marketing.html

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