Sarveshwar Foods Limited announced setting up of 2 new SFL Chaupals (Procurement Facilitation Centre) for procurement of Dry Fruits & Apples directly from Farmers in Baramulla and Pulwama. SFLChoupals-Sarveshwar Food's Procurement Facilitation Centre are established with dual purposes, first, to speed-up and smoothen the procurement by eliminating unnecessary leakages, delays, and logistic challenges, and secondly, to engage with the farmers from very beginning of the crop cycle, assist them at every stage of cultivation, provide full patronage. SFLChoupals made real-time, up-to-date, relevant information on price discovery, agri knowhow and best practices, etc.

readily available. Through SFL-Choupals, Sarveshwar Food Limited wishes to leverage its expertise, in an organized way, to address the various challenges faced by the farmer and provide a 360-degree intervention platform to trigger a virtuous cycle of higher farm productivity, higher income, enlarged capacity for farmer risk management, which will eventually ensure consistent supply of quality, authentic farm products to the Company. With appropriate knowledge and services available virtually at the farm gate, farmers have been able to raise productivity, improve quality, manage risk and earn better.

By creating a more efficient marketing channel, SFL Choupals reduces transaction costs and helps farmers to adjust/fine-tune crops types and qualities to changing trends.