Over 7,000 farmer groups sell on ONDC platform

More than seven thousand farmers’ collectives across various states are now able to sell unique agricultural products including rice, pulses, millets, honey, mushrooms, spices, and value-added products on the government’s e-commerce platform — Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).

ONDC is being promoted as an alternative to global e-commerce giants such as Amazon and Walmart, supporting small enterprises.

Since the farmers producer organisations (FPOs) started joining the ONDC platform in April 2023, more than 7,020 such entities, out of 8,500 registered entities with the government so far, have sold as many as 3,100 varieties of value-added agricultural products using the facility.