Browsing Cases and Notes by Author "Desai, Bhupat M."
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ABC Bank Credit Card for Farmers
Bhattacharjee, Sourindra; Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-08-13)This case highlights the failure of top-down approach as well as the product not matching the actual needs of the farmer-borrower. Rigid and centralized decision-making process, developing product alien to farmers, etc. ... -
Agricultural and Industrial Development Under New Economic Policies in Kenya
Desai, Bhupat M.; Oza, A. N. (2010-08-09) -
Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-08-06) -
Agricultural Sector in Indian Economy
Desai, Gunvant M.; Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-07-27) -
Agro-processing Industries: Size, Strengths, Weaknesses, Importance and Changing Opportunities for Their Growth
Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-08-18)This note first defines agro-processing industries and discuses their size in terms of value added and employment contributions. This is followed by the identification of their strengths and weaknesses, besides discussing ... -
Agro-processing Industries: Their Importance, Contributions and Procurement Strategies
Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-08-06)This note defines agro-processing industries. It provides their contribution in national income and in value added from manufacturing in India. The note then goes on to discuss (a) the reasons for growing opportunities in ... -
Aneri Farmers' Service Cooperative Bank: A Success Story
Namboodiri, N. V.; Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-08-16)The case deals with how bank became a success story in rural banking under the same macro rural credit policies which are being questioned these days. To facilitate analysis, the case provides historical information, profile ... -
Appraisal of Crop Loans Request
Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-08-13)The case describes how a nationalized commercial bank appraises the working capital loan of a farmer. It also provides information on how the bank may strike a balance between meeting seasonal cash deficits and new technology ... -
A Brief Note on Indirect Institutional Finance for Agriculture
Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-07-26)Deals with RBI's definitions of direct and indirect finance for agriculture, and the data on relative importance of these two types of rural credit in India. The note also raises questions for discussing (a) the rationale ... -
Changing Techniques for Modernization of Paddy Processing
Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-08-13)Modernization of paddy processing is important for higher efficiency. The case posts a problem of choosing one of the stages for a given amount of investment. It provides information to resolve this problem in the context ... -
Commercial Banks' Input Distribution Credit for Private Dealers
Namboodiri, N. V.; Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-08-17)This case discusses the existing norms of commercial banks' input distribution credit to private dealers. Based on the profile of two private dealers the case seeks to examine the desirability of formulating alternative ... -
Comparative Performance of Some Basic Food-Processing Industries: A Case of Grains and Pulses, Edible Oils and Sugar Mills
Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-08-13)This case seeks to evolve guidelines for prioritizing banks assistance for three food processing industries based on lending criterion of security and efficiency in their business. The three food-processing industries are ... -
Credit or Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS)
Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-08-13)This case deals with the paradox that the multipurpose activities enable some PACS to be viable and utility oriented, while others are neither viable nor utility oriented. This case seeks to find out whether differences ... -
Employment Intensity of Agro - Related Industries
Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-08-11)This note discusses "direct" and "indirect" employment effects of agro-related industries i.e. food-processing, agro-based other than food-processing, and agri-input industries. It hten deals with the relative importance ... -
Farm Input Distribution Credit: A Case of Institutional Credit, 1985
Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-07-27)This case deals with (a) institutional credit policies for farm inputs distribution, (b) problems of input dealers in obtaining this credit, and (c) the estimation of input distribution credit needs vis-a-vis the credit ... -
Farm Inputs Distribution Credit: A Case of Institution Credit, 1998
Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-08-13)This case deals with the methodology for estimating agricultural input distribution credit requirement. It also aims at examining the consistency of the existing credit portfolio for input distribution business and seeks ... -
Farmers' Response to Price and Non-Price Factors for Various Commodity Groups and Anatomy of Inflation under New Economic Environment
Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-08-18)Considering the new economic environment this note analyses farmers' output and marketed surplus responses to barter terms of trade which is likely to change in the wake of de-protection of trade and industry, besides ... -
Financing Agricultural Exports under New Economic Environment
Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-08-17)This case examines some of the export finance related issues such as credit limit, interest rate, monitoring sanctions of export credit, etc. based on the existing norms and analyzing data of a public limited company engaged ... -
Financing Cooperative Agro-processing Industries: A Case of Paddy-Rice System in Madhya Pradesh
Desai, Bhupat M. (2010-07-27) -
Financing Groundnut Processing and Marketing
Desai, Bhupat M.; Namboodiri, N. V. (2010-07-28)Since the supply of groundnut could not keep pace with the rising demand, it received considerable attention in the credit control operations of RBI. Both groundnut and groundnut oil have been under the provisions of ...