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Agricultural marketing in India: structural weaknesses and agenda for reforms.

Bhushan, B.;

National Bank News Review (Bombay) Year: 1995 Vol: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 40-46 Ref: 21 ref.

1995

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Agricultural marketing in India: structural weaknesses and agenda for reforms.

 

The paper argues that agricultural marketing in India requires modernization. Marketing channels are described and structural weaknesses are identified. A particular weakness is the control of marketing by middlemen, brokers, and agents. A modern management structure is proposed to ensure that farmers obtain better prices, and that there is greater availability of commodities for consumers and the food processing industry. The paper examines the imperfect market mechanism; some of the structural weaknesses (including an unorganized farming community, financial constraints, lack of a postharvest infrastructure, lack of basic infrastructural facilities at wholesale markets, lack of communication and information, transport bottlenecks, and unregulated markets); and presents an agenda for reform.