Scheme for ‘Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Development of Value Chain for MFP”

It was launched in 2014 with the objective to support Minor Forest Produce (MFP) market development and ensuring fair returns to the tribal gatherers. It is organized by TRIFED along with Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

• As part of the scheme, various skills up gradation trainings have been conducted for the MFP gatherers. A component of this training is to encourage MFP gatherers to from SHGs, producer companies, cooperatives or other collectives to improve their bargaining power.
• District Implementing Units have been the implementing agencies and had adopted ‘cluster development approach’.