India and an area where smallholders dominate. These investments have been triggered by market reform, investment subsidies …

ponds are often leased much below market rates. An average lease is for 3 years but the majority of the farmers agree that … premium of between 7% and 11% in the market place, compared to a mixed quality. Second, significant rewards further exist to …, it might indicate the importance of regulatory institutions and effective implementations of those as well as independent …

in Bihar. The development and spread of better suited varieties by public or private research institutions seem thus of … potato farmers are now empowered by a mobile phone. While some farmers use it to do market transactions, this is still only a … mostly sold to traders at the cold storage. Wholesale market sales by the farmers are of less importance. Eight, an important …

find that there have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of modern cold storages, triggered by market reform …