India - Taking Agriculture to the Market

Policy makers in India recognize the importance o f well-functioning markets to agricultural growth, food security, and broad-based rural development. Markets facilitate the commercialization and diversification of farming, and they are essential f...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Rural Study
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCESS TO MARKET ACCESS TO MARKETS ADDITIVES ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EXPORT AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE AGROINDUSTRIES AGROPROCESSING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ANIMAL HEALTH ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS AUCTION AUCTIONS BEER BEVERAGES BOTTLES BREAD CAPACITY BUILDING CASHEW NUT CEREALS COLD CHAIN COLD STORAGE COLD STORAGE FACILITIES COMMERCE COMMERCIALIZATION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPETITIVENESS CONDENSED MILK CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMER PREFERENCE CONTRACT FARMING COTTON CREAM CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROPS DAIRY DIET DIRECT MARKETING DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC CONSUMERS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DURABLE GOODS EDIBLE OILS EGGS EMERGING MARKET EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EQUIPMENT ESSENTIAL OILS EXHIBITIONS EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORTS EXTENSION EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICE EXTENSION SERVICES EXTRACTS FARM FARM PRICES FARM STRUCTURE FARMER FARMERS FARMS FEED FEMALE PARTICIPATION FIELD TRIALS FISH FLOUR FOOD ADDITIVES FOOD ADULTERATION FOOD CHAIN FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD FORTIFICATION FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INDUSTRIES FOOD LAW FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SAFETY FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SYSTEM FOOD TESTING FOREIGN EXCHANGE FORWARD CONTRACTS FRUIT FRUIT JUICES FRUIT PRODUCTS FRUITS GAUGE GRAINS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROUNDNUT GROUNDNUT OIL HARNESS HAZARD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS HURDLES HYGIENE HYPERMARKETS IMPORT DUTIES INCOME GROWTH INCOMES INFANT FOODS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL MARKETS IRRADIATION IRRIGATION LABELING LABOR MARKET LABORATORIES LEVY LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MAIZE MANGOES MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES MARKET INFORMATION MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS MARKET MANAGEMENT MARKET ORIENTATION MARKET POTENTIAL MARKET REVENUES MARKET SUPPORT MARKET SURVEILLANCE MARKET SYSTEM MARKETING MARKETING ARRANGEMENTS MARKETING BOARD MARKETING STANDARDS MEAL MEAT MILK PROCESSING MILK PRODUCTS MILLING NUT PRODUCTS OIL PRODUCTS ORGANIC FOODS PACKAGING PACKING PASTA PESTICIDE PLANTING MATERIAL POOR HOUSEHOLDS POTATOES POULTRY POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE STORAGE PROCESSED FOODS PRODUCE MARKETING BOARD PRODUCE MARKETING BOARDS PRODUCER GROUPS PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCT QUALITY PULSES PURCHASE PRICES QUALITY REQUIREMENTS QUALITY STANDARDS RETAIL RETAILING RICE RURAL AREAS RURAL BANKS RURAL COOPERATIVES RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL FINANCE RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL ROAD RURAL ROADS SAFETY HAZARDS SAFETY ISSUES SAGO SALE SALES SANITATION SICKLES SOFT DRINKS SOYBEAN SPADES SPICES STABILIZERS STORAGE CAPACITY SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES SUGAR SUPERMARKET SUPERMARKETS SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAINS TANNING TAPIOCA TEA TOMATOES TRACTORS TRANSACTION TURMERIC UNIVERSITIES VEGETABLE PRODUCTION VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEADERS VOLUME WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSES WHEAT WHEAT FLOUR WHOLESALE MARKETING WHOLESALING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/9999533/india-taking-agriculture-market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7919

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Summary:	Policy makers in India recognize the importance o f well-functioning markets to agricultural growth, food security, and broad-based rural development. Markets facilitate the commercialization and diversification of farming, and they are essential for efficiently bringing food and agricultural products to domestic and international consumers. Well functioning domestic markets can reduce the cost of food and assure stability of supply, which as the recent global food crisis has highlighted, are key to assuring the food security of poor and non-poor households. They also open opportunities for greater value-addition and employment throughout the economy. The rapid growth of the Indian economy is bringing new forces for change in agricultural marketing and processing systems. Changes in consumer demand are fueled by rising incomes, increasing urbanization, a growing middle class demanding more diversified and higher-quality food, more working women demanding access to prepared or processed foods and more convenient shopping under one roof, and increased exposure to products through wider media penetration (domestic and international television, cable, and internet). These forces in turn drive changes in the structure of marketing and encourage agricultural diversification.

India - Taking Agriculture to the Market

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