TY  - RPRT
N2  - 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....
AV  - public
A1  - Rao, P P
A1  - Basavaraj, G
A1  - Pokharkar, V G
A1  - More, S
TI  - Postrainy Season Sorghum Marketing in India: Constraints and Opportunities
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/6423/
Y1  - 2011///
ID  - icrisat6423
M1  - documentation
EP  - 8
CY  - Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh India
PB  - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
ER  -