%0 Report
%9 Documentation
%A Rao, P P
%A Basavaraj, G
%A Pokharkar, V G
%A More, S
%C Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh India
%D 2011
%F icrisat:6423
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
%T Postrainy Season Sorghum Marketing in India: Constraints and Opportunities
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/6423/
%X 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....