A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ONLINE MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE PRODUCTS W.R.T. PUNE DISTRICT

One third population of our country is depended on the agriculture business directly or indirectly and hence it is proven that we are an agriculture country. Having more than 30.02%1 contribution in GDP, agriculture plays the significant role in Indian economy. In last two decades everything is being converted into digital platforms globally. All industries became the digital and adopted paperless transactions. Following the same way in marketing, organizations started selling their product on e-commerce platforms. Promotion activities have started in social media like e-mail, websites, messages etc. Being understood the convenience, effectiveness and efficiency of digitalization Indian Government also launched “Digital India” scheme under which Government is promoting the use of technology in organizational function. Even though it seems somewhat inconvenient to use these types of technologies in unorganized sectors like agriculture, Government of India has announced in its “Union Budget 2016-2017 central Government stated that, the Unified Agricultural marketing e-platform will be launched for wholesale markets in India and 100% FDI to be allowed through FIPB route in marketing of food Products produced and manufactured in India. Considering these changes are going to affect the marketing and trading of agricultural products tremendously, this study is initiating the discussion regarding the possibilities of the digitalization in agricultural business.