A Brief About The IFFCO Social Ecommerce Application: IFFCO iMandi

IFFCO launched a web portal and social ecommerce application called the IFFCO iMandi in order to connect with the farmers digitally, with a goal to serve them. This initiative is on the same lines as PM Modi’s Digital India initiative and is crafted with an aim to benefit the farmers with the help of digital technologies. IFFCO wants to make a useful contribution to the digital revolution in rural India. With the help of IFFCO iMandi, it caters to over 55 million farmers and strives to become the largest rural ecommerce platform in the country. IFFCO chairman and MD have really gone the extra mile to improve the plight of farmers with this initiative.

IFFCO iMandi is the ideal destination for produce and agri inputs, loans, insurance, electronics, etc. IFFCO chairman and MD believe that this app will completely transform every rural home bit by bit, by impacting and empowering the lives of billions in India. Read on to know more about the features of iMandi:

Features of iMandi

1. iMandi has an access to IFFCO’s 36,000 cooperative societies, 55,000 point of sales, 30,000 warehouses,  and has over 250 million rural consumers at 16000 pin codes.
2. You can download the application from the App store, iOS phones, and Play store and it can also be used on the web. The application also comes laced with valuable advisory content and information for the farmers. Not only this, it also provides entertainment and useful communication to them.
3. IFFCO iMandi’s communication and social features aid people from various regions to establish a connection on one single platform. Users can easily join forums based on different topics. Plus, they will also be able to tell their own success stories and have a dialogue with subject-matter experts to get mentorship on different problems and issues. 
4. With the help of iMandi, farmers are given a chance to sell their own products at very good prices. The app also help the farmers gain access to various financial services like insurance, loans, etc.

Given the huge advantages offered by iMandi, one thing is for sure, that the future of farmers is in good hands.

Top Features of IFFCO Bazar

According to IFFCO MD Dr US Awasthi, IFFCO Bazar had been launched with an aim to connect the cooperative societies in India directly with Indian farmers. Launched by IFFCO, one of the largest cooperatives in the world, IFFCO Bazar has been labelled as an “Indian Cooperative Digital Platform”, and forms a part of the digital initiative and cashless drive announced by the Prime Minister. The main objective of the portal is to provide a platform that allows for commerce and communication between different societies and between consumers and IFFCO and group companies. IFFCO Bazar is available in 10 reginal languages to make it easy for the common man to use. It offers a chance to connect rural India to the rest of the country, without any hassles or hitch.

 

IFFCO Bazar

 
The platform, IFFCO Bazar, as mentioned earlier, is a single digital platform that offers the perfect place where farmers can stay connected with the rest of the country and can also order with ease products and services offered by IFFCO. This provides Indian farmers the chance to pay more attention to and get a better hold of the commercial side of their business.

Salient features of IFFCO Bazar

 
There are several features offered by IFFCO Bazar that help make it a one of its kind platform. Some of those features are:

• Using the Aadhaar or mobile number, IFFCO Bazar offers easy registration processes for individuals as well as societies
• Offers a collective of information about the IFFCO Bazar platform and the schemes offered on it
• Easy access for corporates to information about different member societies of IFFCO
• Information on various business opportunities that are available for individuals and societies with IFFCO and its Group Companies
• Offers single point contact details for queries
• It is also a discussion forum where you can ask questions, share ideas and best practices; it also offers a facility for comments and voting
• It offers opportunities to learn by self, through videos on a number of topics like soil testing, cashless payments, best practices in farming, rearing live-stock, etc.
• There is also an online Mandi where you can find information about probable buyers and sellers for livestock, farm-equipment, and other agri-produce. Here, you can also list requirements as a buyer or seller.
• Buy products and services of IFFCO and Group Companies online
• Get information about future events
• It is available in 10 Indian languages: Hindi, English, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam

With Free Delivery Schemes and no Minimum Order value for rural parts of India, IFFCO Bazar is all set to empower the farmers of our country to take hold of the commerce side of their business.