Aquaculture farmers to sell produce on e-Santa

Aquaculture farmers to sell produce on e-Santa

Subject: Governance

Context: Many aquaculture farmers in Andhra Pradesh are planning to update the details of their produce online and market their stocks through e-Santa.

Concept:

E-Santa:

• The term eSaNta depicts Electronic Solution for Augmenting NaCSA Farmers Trade in Aquaculture.
• National Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture (NaCSA) is an extension arm of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The objectives of NaCSA are to encourage and uplift the small and marginal farmers through the organization of clusters and maintaining of best management practices.
• It basically functions as an electronic marketplace for marine products. It enables widely dispersed buyers and farmers to interact and execute purchase transactions digitally.
• This initiative by building a bridge between Aqua farmers and buyers to interact directly and buy the produce directly from farmers helps eliminate the middlemen completely.