The Agriculture department’s plan to host a B2B (business-to-business) meet in Kozhikode has kindled fresh hope among young farmers who have been waiting for a direct sales partnership with prominent agro-based industrial ventures, leading exporters and wholesale distributors. Online registration is open till January 28 to make the upcoming event a success with the maximum participation of entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector.
The meet is expected to draw the participation of various farmers’ groups, entrepreneurs associated with joint farming ventures, farmer producer companies and neighbourhood groups. Both the farmers and the entrepreneurs behind the manufacturing of value-added products will get opportunities to interact with the leading traders in the agro-market.
Farmers’ organisations hope that the meet will help them expand the sales network without the involvement of middlemen for the productive marketing or exporting of innovative value-added products. The direct sales opportunity with the partnering groups was also expected to generate better income and more job opportunities, they said.
