@manual{icrisat6423,
       publisher = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics},
    organization = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics},
         address = {Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh India},
            year = {2011},
            type = {Documentation},
           title = {Postrainy Season Sorghum Marketing in India: Constraints and Opportunities},
          author = {P P Rao and G Basavaraj and V G Pokharkar and S More},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/6423/},
        abstract = {Indian agricultural marketing systems function relatively
well although a number of critical issues impinge on
their efficient functioning. For example, markets in the
hinterland are generally thin, localized and segmented
- smallholders dominate the agricultural system and this
leads to low marketed surplus.
The process of price discovery is often non-transparent;
markets are ?multi-level? with many intermediaries,
leading to high transaction/marketing costs, so, to sell
their produce, farmers are dependent on intermediaries
to avail of credit facilities in interlinked markets (credit/
input and output markets). Lack of grading and storage
facilities and lack of information on market intelligence....}
}