Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India
Using original data collected about growers, traders, processors, markets, and village communities, we compare the situation in four states – Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Orissa. We examine the way that information about crop attributes is conveyed (or not) along the value chain. We a...
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| author | Fafchamps, Marcel Hill, Ruth Vargas Minten, Bart |
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| description | Using original data collected about growers, traders, processors, markets, and village communities, we compare the situation in four states – Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Orissa. We examine the way that information about crop attributes is conveyed (or not) along the value chain. We also document the infrastructure available at the level of the market. We find that little information circulates about unobservable crop characteristics. Growers receive a price premium when they dry, grade, and pack their produce, but we find no evidence that information about crop health and safety or agricultural practices circulates through the value chain or that growers are encouraged to follow specific agricultural practices for quality purposes. Market infrastructure is deficient regarding sanitation, with few public toilets, inadequate drainage, and no coordinated pest control. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1602172025-11-06T06:10:39Z Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India Fafchamps, Marcel Hill, Ruth Vargas Minten, Bart food safety food quality Using original data collected about growers, traders, processors, markets, and village communities, we compare the situation in four states – Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Orissa. We examine the way that information about crop attributes is conveyed (or not) along the value chain. We also document the infrastructure available at the level of the market. We find that little information circulates about unobservable crop characteristics. Growers receive a price premium when they dry, grade, and pack their produce, but we find no evidence that information about crop health and safety or agricultural practices circulates through the value chain or that growers are encouraged to follow specific agricultural practices for quality purposes. Market infrastructure is deficient regarding sanitation, with few public toilets, inadequate drainage, and no coordinated pest control. 2007 2024-11-21T09:50:17Z 2024-11-21T09:50:17Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160217 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fafchamps, Marcel; Hill, Ruth Vargas; Minten, Bart. Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 717. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160217 |
| spellingShingle | food safety food quality Fafchamps, Marcel Hill, Ruth Vargas Minten, Bart Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India |
| title | Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India |
| title_full | Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India |
| title_fullStr | Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India |
| title_short | Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India |
| title_sort | quality control in non staple food markets evidence from india |
| topic | food safety food quality |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160217 |
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