date:Aug 29, 2012
farmers in sorting fruit and vegetables into different grades, packaging and transportation.
Delhi-based Dev Bhumi has tied up with French retail giant Carrefour, extending technical support to apple farmers in Matiana region of Shimla district. So far, they have selected progressive farmers willing to go enter modern retail. More than 100 large farmers and over 2,000 small and marginal farmers are working with them.
One of the chief benefits for farmers is that middlemen are bypassed and ther