Small industry continues to play a very important role in development, particularly in developing economies. However, recent changes particularly in the policy have questioned their role and relevance for development as many ills plague this sector. The small industries sector today is viewed as...

Indian agriculture has undergone substantial changes due to the phenomenon of Green Revolution of the 1960s and the 1970s resulting in accumulation of agrarian surpluses in many regions. This article examines the conversion of such surpluses into commercial and industrial capital in terms of...

Like many other industries, bicyle production in India developed after Independence. But unlike most other industries which remained concen trated in metropolitan centres, bicycle manufacturing took roots in up country towns, defying competition from metropolitan enterprises. This paper,...

International marketing involves many controllable and noncontrollable variables for developing country firms dealing in agro-food products. The inherent advantages and disadvantages belonging to these countries are to be managed by these firms so that the influence of macrofactors does not...

Agribusiness is the single largest sector of the economy in many developing countries and is growing fast. The present paper examines the situation of agribusiness in different countries of South Asia.

Indian agriculture is under policy reforms for some time now. One of the issues it faces is that of lack of viability of smallholdings and lack of international competitiveness of its produce. In this regard, new initiatives of reorganizaing the production systems are being attempted in the form...

Organic farm production and trade has emerged as an important sector in India as in other parts of the developing world, and is seen as an important strategy of facilitating sustainable development. This paper locates the rationale for organic farming and trade in the problems of conventional...

Agribusiness or agricultural franchising is quite new in India, though it is quite commonly used in other businesses like fast food, hotel and other service industries where service quality is crucial to maintain brand equity. There have been only a few experiments in this field in the recent...

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 chains. But, for the past few years, there has been plenty of debate and...

Linking primary producers with modern markets through corporate agribusiness, especially food supermarkets, is being seen as one of the ways to improve rural livelihoods. But, given smallholder dominance of farming in India, it is important to consider the implications of corporate linkage for...