{"id":90432,"date":"2020-01-25T15:28:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T09:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13212"},"modified":"2020-01-25T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T09:58:49","slug":"state-of-maharashtras-agri-business-and-rural-transformation-program-smart-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/state-of-maharashtras-agri-business-and-rural-transformation-program-smart-project\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Maharashtra\u2019s Agri-business and Rural Transformation Program (SMART) Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Government of India, the Government of Maharashtra and the World Bank has signed a loan agreement of USD 210 million for State of Maharashtra\u2019s Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project(SMART).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About SMART Project:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The project has been launched by the Maharashtra Government with the assistance of World Bank.<\/li><li>It aims to transform Rural Maharashtra through the revamp of agricultural value chains with special focus on marginal farmers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objectives of the project:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Support value addition in the post-harvest segments of agriculture value-chains;<\/li><li>Facilitate agribusiness investments through inclusive business models that provide opportunities to small farmers;<\/li><li>Stimulate the establishment of small and medium enterprises; and<\/li><li>Support resilience of agricultural production systems to better manage increasing production and commercial risks associated with climate change.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance of the project:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The project is a giant step towards transformation of rural economy and empowerment of farmers.<\/li><li>The project unites agriculture-oriented corporates and farmers by providing them a common platform.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Government of India, the Government of Maharashtra and the World Bank has signed a loan agreement of USD 210 million for State of Maharashtra\u2019s Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project(SMART). Facts: About SMART Project: The project has been launched by the Maharashtra Government with the assistance of World Bank. It aims to transform Rural Maharashtra through&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/state-of-maharashtras-agri-business-and-rural-transformation-program-smart-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">State of Maharashtra\u2019s Agri-business and Rural Transformation Program (SMART) Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1731],"tags":[2043,7642],"class_list":["post-90432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bill-and-acts","tag-maharashtra","tag-smart-project","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700791625,"cached_date":1704782467},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}