ACCESS TO MARKET PROJECT

(CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE

LIVELIHOOD AND SOCIAL INNOVATION)

APMC (Agricultural Produce Market

Committee, Vashi)

FIELD SUPERVISOR:-
 DR. SUNIL D. SANTHA
 Ms. DEVISHA SASIDEVAN

STUDENTS:-
 AVINASH
 KEVIN
 GURUPRIYA
Aim of the Field Action Project (FAP)

• To identify marginalized and vulnerable groups

within the marketplace.

• To profile them in small groups and do a need

assessment.

• And also, eventually try to organize and

collectivize them.

• To provide alternative source of livelihood to

the marginalized and vulnerable groups
identified.
 Introduction
Agricultural produce market committee is
registered under the APMC Act 1950s.

The act had the following objectives :-

• Bringing transparency in the agricultural

market

• Protecting the farmers from

exploitation by the money lenders and
APMC MAIN OFFICE – ONION POTATO MARKET
middlemen.
Structure Of APMC

 Onion Potato Market

 Vegetable Market

 Fruit Market

 Spice Market

 Grain Market
 Process Of Goods Selling

APMC In Gate Commodity Agent Lots

In Pass Shops
Gate

Auction
Farmer
Receipt

Actual Bill Out APMC

Weighing Preparation Gate Out
Pas Gate

Purchaser
Receipt
Key Stakeholders
 APMC board of director
 Traders
 Maladi
 Retail Transporter
 Mathadi
 Sanitation Workers
 Women Workers
(Unorganized)
 Waste Pickers
Working with
Groups
 Working with women in the
unorganized sector
 Vulnerable groups identified :
o women working in sorting and
packaging
o Women and children working
as waste pickers
o Women cleaning storage units
(gallas) and running errands
like filling water bottles
o Elderly/senior citizens asking
for alms
 Working with Organizations

 Learning about waste picking as an occupation

 Recycling and Waste management project (Parisar
Vikas) at the organization  Pioneers of SHG Movement in Maharashtra

 Daycare centers for the children of women waste  Learning about collectivization of women to build their
pickers overall capacities

 Organizing and profiling of women waste pickers
 Formation of SHGs and ghadbachat
 Future assistance with field workers with regards to
meeting and organizing women waste pickers
 Importance of initiating a savings group to boost self
confidence
 Health camps organized by the organization
 Working with children of the women waste pickers
 This Semester….
• Held a meeting with a group of women
waste pickers and Ms. Asha from Stree
Mukti Sanghatana at the Scrap Shop.
• Acknowledging the impact of waste
picking as an occupation on their lives
and also on our society.
• Sharing insights about organizing them
and then looking at various possibilities.
• Connecting them with governmental and
non-governmental agencies.
• Trying to build trust with middle-aged
women running errands at the Grain
Market.