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APMCs: The other side of the story
(2015-02-09)
Corporate Farming in India: Is it Must for Agricultural Development?
(2009-08-21)
Indian agriculture is under policy reforms for some time now. One of the issues it faces is that of lack of viability of smaliholdings and lack of international competitiveness of its produce. In this regard, new initiatives ...
Marketing of Indian Organic Products: Status, Issues, and Prospects
(2009-09-02)
Organic farm production and trade has emerged as an important sector in India as in other parts of the developing world, and is seen as an important strategy of facilitating sustainable development. This paper locates the ...
In the name of the farmer
(2015-08-10)
Crop insurance or deficiency payments?
(2015-12-21)
Post-green revolution agro-entrepreneurship among capitalist farmers in Indian Punjab and Andhra Pradesh
(Journal of Entrepreneurship, 2013)
Indian agriculture has undergone substantial changes due to the phenomenon of Green Revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s resulting in accumulation of agrarian surpluses in many regions. This article examines the conversion ...
The practice of contract farming in India: making it inclusive and effective
(Food Chain, 2013)
Agricultural marketing reforms are central to changing the agricultural/agribusiness sector. The Amended APMC Act in India, which permitted contract farming, direct purchase from farmers, and setting up of private wholesale ...
GM crops and global agri trade
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2014)
The cultivation of genetically modified crops, especially food crops, is not just a domestic issue; it has an impact on global food trade as well.
Implication of FDI in food supermarket
(2010-09-08)
This survey of the global and
Indian experience with retail
supermarkets, against the
backdrop of a recent official paper
on foreign investment in retail,
highlights malpractices due to
buying power, employment ...
Role of state in contract farming in Thailand and India: experiences and lessons for Indian agribusiness policy
(2005-10-26)
The nation-states have been attempting large number of policy measures to institutionalize
contract farming as a solution to the problems of agricultural development. This paper examines
the role of the Thai state in the ...