Dr. B.S Mudholkar, Vijaykumar Ghate

ABSTRACT

‘I'he agricultural marketing is helps to fostering and sustaining development of farmers as such the farmers contribution have increased in rural economy, but there are many problems with using proper marketing tools, channels so that it suffering big amount of problems such as low degree of]| market integration and connectivity, accessibility of reliable and timely information is required to farmers on various issues in agriculture marketing. Hence, the state government set up state level committee, according to Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing( Development & Regulation) Act, 1963 under section 39 (J) governments interpretation varied in terms of marketing functions will be final i.e., to organise seminars, workshop, exhibitions of agriculture products and maintaining the Agriculture Marketing Development Fund for development of markets infrastructure. To achieve an efficient system of buying and selling of agricultural commaodities, most of the state Governments and Union Territories have enacted legislations (APMC Act) to provide for regulation of agricultural produce markets. Keywords: APMCs Act, Marketing Information System, Opportunities & Challenges.