Maharashtra State Agri and Rural Tourism Co-operative Federation Limited

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Maharashtra State Agri and Rural Tourism Co-operative Federation Limited[1] is a federation of agriculturalists and their co-operatives. Its scope of influence is Maharashtra an Indian state. It is also known by the acronym MART.

Establishment[edit]

The federation was set up on 12 December 2008 at Baramati in Pune district of Maharashtra.[2] According to its managing director the federation would help farmers to supplement their income from farm produce by initiating tourism related activities on their properties.[3] MART in partnership with NABARD has undertaken training and certification programmes for farmers.[4]

International study tours[edit]

A news report informs that members of MART would be sponsored by the Maharashtra state government to go on international tours to study agriculture related tourism activities.[5] MART is the apex body for co-operatives related to agriculture based tourism belonging to Maharashtra.[6]

Subsidies[edit]

MART lobbies the state government and India's central government so that they would extend subsidies to agri-tourism activities.[7] MART has demanded that loans be extended at a rate of six percent by NABARD considering that it has certified agri tourism as an emerging business.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MAHARASHTRA KRISHI PARYATAN VISTAR YOJANA 2010" (PDF). Pune: ATDC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ Deshmukh, Nikhil (15 December 2008). "Farmers launch rural tourism federation". Times of India. Mumbai: B. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Sunetra Pawar to head MART". Indian Express. New Delhi. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Farmers imparted agri-tourism training". Indian Express. New Delhi. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  5. ^ Dahitule, Kiran (25 August 2012). "Farmers to be sent abroad on study tours". DNA. Mumbai. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  6. ^ Agashe, Ashish; Talukdar Tapash (15 May 2009). "Earl if the Rustic Trial". Economic Times. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  7. ^ Karande, Pallavi (19 September 2011). "Agri-tourism has the potential to boost the rural economy". DNA. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Demand for subsidised loans for agri tourism". Indian Express. New Delhi. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
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