Orange Growers Confidence on NERAMAC’s active role

NERAMAC is a central Govt Enterprise under the Ministry of DoNER(Govt of India) and its Zonal Office(Sikkim Region) has been setup with full strength to undertake marketing activities keeping in view of the mandate to provide the better prices to the growers of Sikkim region and also surrounding areas like Darjeeling for their surplus produces.In the previous year 2008-09 we are able to facilitate our activities starting from orange marketing from Geyzing MPCS of about 7.5 lakh pcs. This time also local progressive growers, Kyangsha MPCS (West Sikkim), Geyzing MPCS are seemed to rely on our active marketing strength for their produces for which in the initial stage of this season, we have marketed 6.5 lakh pieces of oranges and indications to touch the magic figure of about 32-35 lakhs to be marketed by the end of this season. The farmers are joining hands with NERAMAC from all the districts of Sikkim. Our efforts and initiatives to every household and door to door visit has fully satisfied the local orange growers and motivated them to market their produces boldly in the national as well as international market.They have got satisfaction and relied on NERAMAC’s marketing role and facilities which we are providing. NERAMAC’s marketing people are working day and night to procure directly from village to village of farmers house and marketed their produces in the domestic as well as exported to Bangladesh. Now growers are looking for all the agricultural produces to be maketed through NERAMAC like large cardamom,pulses,fresh ginger,fruits,vegetables,hill grass(brooms) and medicinal herbs etc. in the present season.With the help of the state hort. Deptt. we are also deploying our active part in these sectors also.

We understand the need of the farmers. For the benefit of the local growers this corporation submitted long back for the allotment of land and building in the complex of Fruit & Vegetable Wholesale Market,Siliguri Regulated Market (Govt of West Bengal),Mallaguri with the aim to build up basic marketing infrastructure in the interest of farmers,sellers,food processing,spices and herbal industries and has not been allocated till date despite regular remminders. That is affecting a lot to market it smoothly.

source: Voice of Sikkim