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New markets for smallholders in India: exclusion, policy and mechanisms
(Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 47, Issue No. 52, 29 Dec, 2012, 2012)
The gradual withdrawal of the state from agricultural markets and the emphasis on the role of the private sector has meant the entry of corporate and multinational agencies through the opening up of procurement, wholesale ...
Role of FDI in multi-brand retail trade in India and its implications
(Review of Market Integration, 2012)
The Indian food supply chains are changing fast due to many policy and practice changes. There has been presence of domestic food supermarkets in the sector for many years now and their performance varies across states and ...
South Asian agrifood trade networks in India: a case study of onion exports
(Millennial Asia: International Journal of Asian Studies, 2013)
South Asia has emerged as one of the fastest-growing regions of the world
while global agricultural trade has expanded since its inclusion into the WTO
framework, especially for developing agrarian economies such as ...
Policy for Punjab’s agriculture: will it deliver?
(Economic & Political Weekly, 2013)
Punjab's new agriculture policy based on a report prepared by the Committee for Formulation of Agriculture Policy for Punjab focuses on yield enhancement and market orientation instead of demand-driven agriculture. While ...
Addressing the agrarian crisis in Punjab: role of agro-markets and policy
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2017)
The state of agricultural markets, the agricultural market policy and regulatory reforms in Punjab are reviewed in the context of the agrarian crisis. The farmer and farm worker manifesto of the Aam Aadmi Party is critically ...
Arthiyas in Punjab's APMC mandis: inadequate analysis and solutions
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2016)
A critique of "Commission Agent System: Significance in Contemporary Agricultural Economy of Punjab" by Sukhpal Singh and Shruti Bhogal (EPW, 7 November 2015).
Gender and child labour in cottonseed production in India: a case study of Gujarat
(Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2008-11-11)
Examines the nature and extent of practice of child labour and the gender dimension of labour use in hybrid cottonseed farming in the state of Gujarat.
Land acquisition in India: an examination of the 2013 act and options
(Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 2016-01)
Land continues to remain important for production and rural livelihoods in developing economies like India. But, globalisation and liberalisation in these economies has brought up land as an important policy issue as various ...
Tenancy reforms a critique of NITI Aayog’s model law
(2017)
There is no doubt that the
agricultural land leasing laws
in India need to be amended
to make land leasing legal and
easier. The Niti Aayog report
(2016) proposes a formal model
law on land leasing. Critically
examining ...
Re-organising agricultural markets for doubling farmer incomes in India: relevance, mechanisms, and role of policy
(Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019)
It has been generally recognised by now that reform of agricultural markets is a must to achieve higher farmer incomes in India, as other attempts on the production front for the same without it would only be sub-optimal. ...