A grave handicap that afflicts our farmers is their
inability, due to lack of proper facilities, to take
their produce to the market through efficient means
of transportation. This adversely affects the freshness,
quality of the product and denies them the desirable
Price-Fetching opportunity. Conversely, they lack mobility
to acquire much needed inputs essential for their farming
needs. One can safely conclude that if provided with
appropriate and speedy transport, the farmer can benefit
by enhancing his selling ability and thus increase his
income / cash flow. it is pertinent to mention that
a number of Banks, Leasing Companies and Private Agencies
have geared their marketing efforts to concentrate on
and have mainly captured the urban markets. There is
no support provided to cater to the transport needs
of deserving rural farmers community. Askari Bank true
to its commitment, has taken the lead to launch Askari
Kissan Farm Transport Finance.
Salient Features of the Program are:
To increase mobility and access of the farmer to the
markets.
To lower the burden / cost of transportation against
hired transport.
To create awareness of market movements in order to obtain
maximum price of their produce.
This will also supplement the income of the farmer which
will ultimately enhance the repayment capacity of the borrower.
Additional income can be generated if used for hired
services to the fellow farmers.