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Uniform Specifications for Foodgrains
Save Grain Campaign(SGC)
Save Grain Campaign under the direct supervision and control of Department of Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is propagating the knowledge of scientific storage of foodgrains amongst farmers including farm women through its 12 field offices situated in different parts of the country viz.Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Kolkata, Chandigarh Ghaziabad, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow , Patna and Pune.
The main objectives of the SGC are to educate, motivate and persuade the farmers and others to adopt measures at farm level to minimise the foodgrain losses through training, demonstration & publicity.
FUNCTIONS
The functions of the Campaign are as under :
- To impart training to the farmers, traders and extension officials at the block level on the practical aspects of storage and preservation of foodgrains.
- To popularise scientific techniques of storage amongst farmers etc., through demonstrations and wide publicity and to develop selected villages to serve as model villages.
- To arrange facilities for farmers for purchase of improved types of storage structures; and
- To maintain liaison with State Governments and to arrange steady supply of storage structures and pesticides to the users.
- The ultimate aim of the above programme is to help in the reduction of avoidable losses to foodgrains in storage, as to make available more foodgrains for human consumption.
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