{"id":3210,"date":"2019-07-04T07:11:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T07:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2019-07-12T08:09:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T08:09:23","slug":"first-ever-india-international-cooperatives-trade-fair-iictf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/first-ever-india-international-cooperatives-trade-fair-iictf\/","title":{"rendered":"First Ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aligning with the <strong>Agriculture Export Policy\n2018<\/strong> which aims at doubling the agriculture export and\nintegrating Indian farmers and agriculture products with global value chains,\nThe First Ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) is going to\nbe held at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi from 11<sup>th<\/sup> till 13<sup>th<\/sup>\nOctober, 2019. Steered by NCDC, the Fair is being conducted with the support of\none international organization (NEDAC), three Ministries, four State\nGovernments and several apex level Indian cooperative organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large number of Indian Cooperatives and International\nCooperative Organisations are expected to participate in this three day event\nwhich will be held from 11<sup>th<\/sup> till 13<sup>th<\/sup> October, 2019.\nThough the international buyers can be from cooperative, corporate, private,\ngovernment, IICTF covers exhibitors \/ sellers \/ buyers who have focus on the\nCooperative-to-Cooperative trade on sectors such as agriculture and allied\nsectors complete value chains, cold chain, dairy, commodities, exports,\ntechnology, climate smart agriculture, processing, packaging, storage,\nmachinery, brand promotion, marketing, coop-banking, agri-tech, cyber-security,\nlivestock, fisheries, handloom, handicrafts, textiles, consumer goods, retail,\nhospitality, insurance, finance, credit, healthcare, products by women groups\nand capacity development.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trade Fair is aimed at promoting cooperative to\ncooperative trade within India and abroad leading to enhanced rural and farm\nprosperity. The fair will be packed with conferences, exhibitions, B2B\nmeetings, C2C meetings, sales promotion, marketing and products display business,\nnetworking, policy advocacy etc., providing an immense opportunity to the\nparticipants to collaborate and explore business opportunities with the\nCooperative Organisations from India and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trade Fair offers a huge opportunity for the industry and business houses from India and abroad to build alliances, business networking, product sourcing and above all, interacting with the primary producers of a wide range of products and service providers. More details on IICTF may be seen at website www.iictf.in or at www.ictf.co.in . Online registration of the fair is operational on the website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cooperative sector has a big role to play in doubling\nagriculture exports from present US $ 30 billion+ to US$ 60 billion+ by 2022 as\nenvisaged in the Agriculture Export Policy. Towards this end a Cooperative\nSector Exports Promotion Forum has been set up in NCDC very recently. An\nestimated 94% of the Indian farmers are members of at least one cooperative\ninstitution. IICTF would be major platform to promote exports by cooperatives\nwith direct benefits to their members who are mainly farmers, artisans, women,\nSC \/ST etc. Promotion of exports of key commodities \/ value chain products that\nhave high potential, duly backed by specific promotional initiatives including\nthe involvement of stakeholder entities would be a definite boost for <strong>Doubling the Farmers Income <\/strong>and\nachieving the goals set under the <strong>Agri-Exports Policy 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aligning with the Agriculture Export Policy 2018 which aims at doubling the agriculture export and integrating Indian farmers and agriculture products with global value chains, The First Ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) is going to be held at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi from 11th till 13th October, 2019. 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