eprintid: 6423
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 30
dir: disk0/00/00/64/23
datestamp: 2013-01-16 10:08:59
lastmod: 2013-01-16 10:08:59
status_changed: 2013-01-16 10:08:59
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org
creators_name: Rao, P P
creators_name: Basavaraj, G
creators_name: Pokharkar, V G
creators_name: More, S
icrisatcreators_name: Rao, P P
icrisatcreators_name: Basavaraj, G
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: MPKV(Rahuri)
affiliation: Marathwada Agricultural University(Parbhani)
country: India
title: Postrainy Season Sorghum Marketing in India: Constraints and Opportunities
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.4
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: documentation
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....
date: 2011
date_type: published
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
place_of_pub: Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh India
pages: 8
institution: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Rao, P P and Basavaraj, G and Pokharkar, V G and More, S  (2011) Postrainy Season Sorghum Marketing in India: Constraints and Opportunities.  Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh India.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/6423/1/MarketBrief_2011.pdf