Overview
- Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi called on hotels and restaurants to procure from nearby farmer‑producer organisations to cut out intermediaries and lift farm incomes.
- The Agriculture Ministry outlined a web-based platform in development where FPOs would list surplus produce for direct procurement by businesses, hotels and restaurants.
- FHRAI said it will publish a booklet of FPOs with products and contacts and set up a facilitation cell to connect buyers with these organisations.
- Hotel leaders signaled willingness to shift to direct sourcing provided supply reliability and quality assurance can be met.
- Officials promoted GI-tagged and organic produce for authentic gastronomy and cited India’s FPO base as roughly 35,000 to nearly 40,000 groups.