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HACCP: a quest for quality as a competitive strategy for agribusiness
(2010-03-28)
While consumption of food gives material pleasure and a healthy life, contaminated food can
be dangerous to health. Therefore, quality of food is very important. Even from the producers’
point of view, selling high quality ...
Dynamic demand analysis of India's domestic coffee market
(2010-03-28)
Coffee, although an important commodity in India's agricultural exports, has faced fluctuating
international prices and decreasing unit value realisation, especially in the post-reform period.
Hence, domestic market for ...
In a freer WTO trade regime, food industry must focus on quality management
(2010-04-06)
In the new WTO led freer trade environment, Indian food industry can compete globally
only if it is price and quality competitive. While many have addressed price
competitiveness, sensitising food industry on the importance ...
India’s Mandatory CSR, Process of Compliance and Channels of Spending
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2015)
Corporate charity is not new to India. This voluntary action of the companies, however, is now blended with a mandatory requirement. The paper lays out the provisions of the CSR norms as per the new Companies Act 2013, the ...
WTO agreements on SPS and TBT: implications for food quality issues
(2010-04-06)
Trade liberalization, hoped to be achieved through WTO Agreement on Agriculture
(AoA) is expected to lead to export promotion and import substitution opportunities
for Indian food sector. However, these opportunities ...
Trade cost, trade policy and trade volume: a study of Indian apple market
(2010-04-03)
Trade Cost form a significant part of moving goods from producer to consumer. These cost are particularly high in developing countries. As a representative country, we look at Indiazs apple trade. Although tariff on apple ...
What's keeping the apples way? addressing the market integration issue
(2010-04-03)
Apples have been grown in India for a century. At present apple production exceeds 1.4 million tonnes a year. Still, there are wide variations in the apple prices across the country. We test the price data for market ...
Shukranitisara: a political economy text at the cusp of Indian kingdoms and colonial rule (Revised as on 15/03/3021)
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020-08-02)
Shukracharya’s treatise on political economy has been referred to in many ancient Indian texts such as Arthashastra, Buddhacharitam and Mahabharata. However, that treatise has been lost. A text titled Shukranitisara was ...
A 2020 vision of India’s farm market reforms
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2021-01-02)
Concern for farmers and market facilitation by the state is as old as Indian civilization. In the post-Independence era, this concern was addressed by provision of market-yards for the farmers through APMC Acts of the state ...