Sido-Kanho Agriculture and Forest Produce State Cooperative Federation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sanjeev Kumar mooted the idea for preparing a time-bound database of all major agricultural and forest produce available in the state followed by value addition and marketing of these products. Apart from the agricultural produce in the state, there are many other types of forest produce including tamarind, mahua, sal seed, leaves, lacquer, karanj, chironji, whose fair price is not available to the villagers.
Middlemen buy these products at lower price and later sell it at a higher price in the market resulting in loss to villagers who collect these products from forest. Sanjeev Kumar also stressed on developing a strong system under which villagers get the right price for these products resulting in generating incime to them and improving their standard of living.
Kumar was talking to media persons at Palash Bhawan auditorium located in the forest complex. The media interaction was attended by representatives of Sido-Kanhu Agricultural and Forest Produce State Cooperative Union Ltd. Kumar was addressing the Forest Divisional Officers and District Cooperative Officers of all the districts attending the day long workshop.
Kumar also collected information about the various works being done by the Institute from the Forest Divisional Officers and District Cooperative Officers of all the districts attending the workshop and also discussed the problems being faced executing the work. He said that we have to collect information about the problem and solve it so that the villagers can get maximum benefit of agriculture and forest produce. He said that there is abundance of forest produce in different areas of the state, but difficulties are being faced in its storage and processing. After listing these difficulties, a detailed action plan has to be prepared to solve them.
The Forest Divisional Officers and District Co-operative Officers of different districts who came to the workshop apprised them about the works run by the institute in their district. Along with this, they were informed about the various functioning of the institute and their scope, their rights and responsibilities through power presentation.
On this occasion, Sidho-Kanho Agriculture and Forest Produce State Cooperative Federation Ltd. Secretary to JP Sharma, MD of JASCJLAMPF Devendra Singh, JHAMFCOFE. DK MD Kumud Kumar, VEGFFP MD Prakash Kumar, Forest Divisional Officers and District Cooperative Officers of all the districts were present.