date:Jun 17, 2020
Nafed has stated it has procured 25,000 tons of onion so far from farmer producer organisations (FPOs), cooperatives and direct purchase centres at the prevailing rates for creating a buffer stock on behalf of the government.
Last year, the Nafed had purchased a total of 57,000 tons of onion from the 2018-19 rabi (winter) crop. The target this time is to buy 100,000 tons of key kitchen staple from the major producing states, it said.
This initiative will have dual benefit of stabilising the do