INPUT
SERVICES:
The Input Services of the society are aimed at helping its
members increase their productivity and also meant to create
a pool of commonly utilized equipment and machinery that not
many members can buy on their own. Apart from credit, the
input supply services cover services such as
Supply of fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, sprayers, pumpsets
dusters, accessories, pipelines, electrical motors , seedlings
of orchards, poultry feed and medicines, diesel, etc.
Technical services provided to farmers through agricultural
officers of the society.
Provision of expensive and seasonally used agricultural machinery
like silt removing cranes, threshers, chaff cutters, tractors,
rigs. This has recently being stopped because most of the
members have acquired the same under loans)
The society supplies input serivces to members and non members
and most of these items are purchased by the society from
the manufacturers and sold to members. However, the society
also produces some inputs, for instance it produces quality
seeds. The input services of the society are ably backed by
trained staff who give technical advice to members and help
in the introduction of new agricultural practices, etc in
the society's hinterland.
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