The National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) Jaipur is a premier Institute set up by the
Government of India to escalate the agricultural marketing system in the country to a level where it can go hand in hand with the
production and market sentiments. It is an autonomous body under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare,
Government of India.
The Institute offers specialized training, research, consultancy, education and policy support in
the field of agricultural marketing.
NIAM focuses on the following important areas: | NIAM focuses on following
areas |
| 1 | Agricultural
Marketing system in States |
| 2 | Post Harvest Loss Reduction
Aspects |
| 3 | Information Technology Application in
Agricultural Marketing Food Safety, Quality Certification & Standardization |
| 4
| Future and Forward Markets and Commodity Exchanges |
| 5
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| 6 | Legal Reforms |
| 7 | Market Infrastructure |
| 8
| Modern Terminal Market and their operations and management |
| 9
| Public-Private Partnership and Channel Partners. |
| 10
| Ministry's Programmes and their Capacity Building, Coop Marketing, Organic, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants,
Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Market Led
Extension |
| 14 | |
| 15
| Grading, Standardization & Certification |
| 16 |
WTO |
| 17 | Warehousing and Storage
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Consultancy service:
NIAM has successfully provided
consultancy in the area of designing markets, conducting feasibility studies, preparation of detail project report (DPR), development
and implementation of business plan for States
· Market planning and
Designing of wholesale and retail markets of Assam under World Bank Study
· Market study under Assam Agricultural competitiveness project – A
World Bank Study
· State Master Plan for various states
· DPRs of Terminal Market
· Warehousing and Accreditation –WDRA
· Awareness building under Forward Market Commission
· International projects on Market Master Plan of Bhutan
· Strengthening of Agricultural Marketing System (SAMS) supported by USAID
have been done successfully.