Farmer's Portal to Serve as a One Stop Shop

The Farmers Portal along with mKisan Portal aims to serve as a One Stop Shop for all the farmers for accessing information on agricultural activities.
The Portal provides information about:
1. Package of practices; 
2. Crop and seed varieties; 
3. Common pests; 
4. dealer network for seeds, 
5. fertilizers & pesticides; 
6. machinery and tools; 
7. agro-met advisories, 
8. credit & insurance, 
9. rain-fed areas etc.
-Both these Portals are easily accessible to farmers in any part of the country free of cost.  The Ministry’s official site’s URL is: www.farmer.gov.in and www.mkisan.gov.in. 
- Its activities are also highlighted through short discussion/interview on “DD Kisan Channel”.