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Is the Electronic Market the Way Forward to Overcome Market Failures in Agriculture?

Vol. 57, Issue No. 41, 08 Oct, 2022
Chandra S R Nuthalapati, Yogesh Bhatt, Susanto K Beero

This paper examines the performance of agricultural markets through analysing the primary data from 856 farm households in six states along with secondary data. It argues that adequate physical and storage infrastructure is crucial even for the functioning of the electronic market, and other related policy measures are needed to have a significant improvement in agricultural marketing. The results indicate that farmers obtained 3.75% higher prices in these markets vis-à-vis the prices received before selling to these markets. This is significant as the prices plummeted by 8.34% in the manual transactions.

Addressing the Agrarian Crisis in Punjab

Vol. 52, Issue No. 3, 21 Jan, 2017
Sukhpal Singh

The state of agricultural markets, the agricultural market policy and regulatory reforms in Punjab are reviewed in the context of the agrarian crisis. The farmer and farm worker manifesto of the Aam Aadmi Party is critically assessed. Policy mechanisms for agro-industrial development of the state are suggested.

e-Platform for National Agricultural Market

Vol. 51, Issue No. 28, 09 Jul, 2016
Ramesh Chand

Agricultural markets are characterised by poor competitiveness, fragmentation, inefficiency, presence of excessive middlemen, and frequent price manipulations. The electronic trading portal for national agricultural market is an attempt to use modern technology for transforming the system of agricultural marketing. 

Arthiyas in Punjab's APMC Mandis

Vol. 51, Issue No. 15, 09 Apr, 2016
Sukhpal Singh

A critique of "Commission Agent System: Significance in Contemporary Agricultural Economy of Punjab" by Sukhpal Singh and Shruti Bhogal (EPW, 7 November 2015).

Minimum Support Price in Agriculture

Vol. 38, Issue No. 29, 19 Jul, 2003
Ramesh Chand

The many changes that have taken place in the country's agriculture, most important of all the changes in the demandsupply balance in respect of the major crops, urgently call for a fresh look at the role and relevance of the system of minimum support prices.

Noisy Vertical Markets

Vol. 37, Issue No. 51, 21 Dec, 2002
Hari K Nagarajan, Raghbendra Jha

In vertical markets, volatility at one level of the market may transmit itself to another level. This paper examines the linkages that exist between spreads at different levels of the market hierarchy in Indian rice markets, and highlights the behaviour of spreads in the presence of information asymmetry. The paper also models possible differences between the reaction to an upward revision of the spread from that to a downward revision.

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