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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 ...
Crisis and diversification in Punjab agriculture : role of state and agribusiness
(2004-10-26)
The farming crisis in post-green revolution Punjab has assumed serious proportions,
manifested in suicides by a large number of farmers. This paper examines the nature and
magnitude of crisis in the farm sector in the ...
Contract farming system in Thailand
(2005-10-28)
Thailand is one of the pioneers in contract farming in Asia. The Thai state has actively
promoted this mechanism of agricultural production and marketing coordination since the
mid-1980s. This paper examines the nature ...
Agro-processing and contract farming
(2002-10-20)
The view that agriculture and industry are two separate entities in terms of their characteristics and role in economic growth no longer holds goods. The role of agriculture to industrialization is being increasingly ...