Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis

Why is agricultural marketing so crucial for the farmer? Agriculture and allied sectors accounted for only 17.7 per cent of the GDP of India in 2020. Yet, as much as 54.6 per cent of India’s workforce, as per the Census of 2011, relied on this sector for employment and incomes. Although agricultural...

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Main Author: Narayanan, Sudha
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141402
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description Why is agricultural marketing so crucial for the farmer? Agriculture and allied sectors accounted for only 17.7 per cent of the GDP of India in 2020. Yet, as much as 54.6 per cent of India’s workforce, as per the Census of 2011, relied on this sector for employment and incomes. Although agricultural households earned incomes from several sources, a major portion was still earned from agriculture and allied activities. As per the 2013 Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households (SAS), agricultural households earned 48 per cent of their income from crop cultivation, 12 per cent of their income from animal husbandry and 32 per cent of their income from wages.
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spelling CGSpace1414022025-10-10T16:24:34Z Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis Narayanan, Sudha income supply chains commodities farmers employment households crops labour agriculture marketing trade cultivated land poverty rural areas debt agricultural trade Why is agricultural marketing so crucial for the farmer? Agriculture and allied sectors accounted for only 17.7 per cent of the GDP of India in 2020. Yet, as much as 54.6 per cent of India’s workforce, as per the Census of 2011, relied on this sector for employment and incomes. Although agricultural households earned incomes from several sources, a major portion was still earned from agriculture and allied activities. As per the 2013 Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households (SAS), agricultural households earned 48 per cent of their income from crop cultivation, 12 per cent of their income from animal husbandry and 32 per cent of their income from wages. 2022-10-01 2024-04-12T13:37:50Z 2024-04-12T13:37:50Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141402 en Limited Access Narayanan, Sudha. 2022. Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis. In Distress in the Fields: Indian Agriculture After Economic Liberalization, ed. R. Ramakumar. https://tulikabooks.in/catalog/product/view/id/22411
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supply chains
commodities
farmers
employment
households
crops
labour
agriculture
marketing
trade
cultivated land
poverty
rural areas
debt
agricultural trade
Narayanan, Sudha
Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis
title Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis
title_full Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis
title_fullStr Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis
title_full_unstemmed Reform of agricultural markets in India: A critical analysis
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title_sort reform of agricultural markets in india a critical analysis
topic income
supply chains
commodities
farmers
employment
households
crops
labour
agriculture
marketing
trade
cultivated land
poverty
rural areas
debt
agricultural trade
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