Publish real input costs and real mandi prices, locally

The problem

Farmers frequently sell without reliable knowledge of prevailing prices, and buy inputs without a reliable local price reference.

Why it matters

Information asymmetry is where a large share of farm income is lost, before any policy question arises.

Proposed solution

A local price board for each covered constituency: current mandi rates and prevailing input prices, collected and published daily by volunteers.

How it would be implemented

Volunteers collect and submit prices; published on the platform and by SMS where connectivity is poor.

Risks, and what we would do about them