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Agribusiness Portal a Ray of Hope for Farmers

Overview The Assam Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium was established to help farmers in the North Eastern States of India earn higher incomes by modernizing their approach to agribusiness. The consortium wanted to collect essential information relating to farming, such as weather, market data, production techniques, significant events, government policies, and new research ideas; educate farmers about modern agribusiness techniques; and establish direct links between farmers, government. The consortium created a central Oracle database housing all agribusiness information useful for farmers, managers, traders, banks, government agencies, and corporate users and launched ASHA portal, accessible through Community Information Centers and the Web, to provide farmers with the latest market information and agribusiness knowledge.

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Publisher	Oracle	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Knowledge and Data Management

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