Guwahati (Assam): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday launched a mobile app to facilitate timely sale of agriculture products, particularly fruits and vegetables, by promoting buyer-seller network.
Sonowal said that the 'Kisan Rath' app, developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), would be a new vehicle for boosting agri-business by opening up markets across the country for farmers of Assam so that they can get the best price for their produce.
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Officials working in the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation (APART) project would provide training to farmers and other stakeholders on using the app which is functional in three languages - Assamese, Hindi and English.