The present study is in the context of the newModel Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)Act 2003, which aims at freedom of farmers to sell their products to the large private firms and bringing reforms in the wholesale Cash and Carry and retail markets in India. The most important...

Indian farm sector distress, despite the continuation of price support programme, has not declined but rather increased, as farmers are unable to get remunerative prices for their crop produce due to the inability of the programme to cover all crops and all farmers across the country....

In this paper, we have tried to show that how a strategic move from large capital or corporate traders of agriculture commodities, including food processing firms, retailers, wholesalers affecting and changing the preferences of the small capital regional or local traders of agriculture...

The paper investigates early stage “modern” grocery retail adoption in an emerging market using primary household level panel data on grocery purchases in India's largest city, Mumbai. Specifically, we seek insight on which socioeconomic class is more likely to adopt, and why. We model...

Introduction. As part of the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP), a potato value chain study was organized in Bihar, in collaboration between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Patna, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International...

Livestock production, especially dairy, has long been an important activity for smallholder and resource-poor farmers in India, both for household nutrition and income. Most of the livestock are kept in mixed farming systems, where crop residues, mainly cereal straws have been an important feed...

Local brands are rapidly emerging in food retail in Asia. However, it is not well understood what impact they have in domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast emergence - a doubling over five years leading to a share...

The Indian government has provided large subsidies to stimulate the take-off of the cold storage sector. However, the impact of this policy is not well understood. In a case study of the potato sector in Bihar, we find that there have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of cold...

Local brands are rapidly emerging in food retail in Asia. However, it is not well understood what impact they have in domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast emergence - a doubling over five years leading to a share...

Local brands are rapidly emerging in food retail in Asia. However, it is not well understood what impact they have in domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast emergence - a doubling over five years leading to a share...