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Linking farmers to futures market in India

Chatterjee, Tirtha; Raghunathan, Raghav; Gulati, Ashok - 2019

Farmers, especially small and marginal, do not directly trade in agri-futures market in India. Their small size, lack of trust and understanding of futures market and dependence on middlemen, are some of the main deterrents. The role of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) is crucial in this...

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Credit policy for agriculture in India: An evaluation. Supporting Indian farms the smart way. Rationalising subsidies and investments for faster, inclusive and sustainable growth

Hoda, Anwarul; Terway, Prerna - 2015

Rural indebtedness and dependence on private moneylenders is an age-old problem in India. For more than 100 years now, the Central Government and the Reserve Bank of India have been making efforts to enhance institutional credit in rural areas particularly to assist in agricultural operations....

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Perceived competition in agricultural lending: Stylized facts and an agenda for future research

Kuethe, Todd H.; Fiechter, Chad; Oppedahl, David - 2021

Purpose: This study examines agricultural lending by commercial banks and the competition they face from the Farm … relationship between perceived competition and farm loan rate spreads, collateral requirements, loan delinquencies, and expected …

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To reform and to procure: An analysis of the role of the state and the market in Indian agriculture

Misra, Kartik; Basu, Deepankar - 2022

individual-level National Sample Survey Data on agricultural wages and a new dataset on state-level average real farm income per … difference framework, that marketing reforms alone did not contribute to higher farm incomes and agricultural wages. However …, when these reforms were coupled with public procurement at the minimum support price, farm incomes and agricultural wages …

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Understanding the role of supply and demand factors in the global wheat market: a Structural Vector Autoregressive approach

Valenti, Daniele; Bertoni, Danilo; Cavicchioli, Daniele; … - 2023

We present a Bayesian structural Vector Autoregressive model of the global wheat market to examine the relative importance of supply and demand shocks, which are interpreted as the fundamental driving forces of wheat price. To our knowledge, this is the first SVAR analysis that jointly considers...

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China's energy policy & investments and their impact on the Sub-Saharan African region

Grimoux, Valentin - 2018

This research provides a grasp of China's energy needs and their implications for SSA countries in order to give a balanced and better understanding of its role on the continent. More specifically, the aim is to understand why and how China is involved in the SSA energy sector and what are the...

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Can Horticulture be a Success Story for India?

Mittal, Surabhi - 2007

India is the second largest producer of the fruits and vegetables in the world after China. Since the 1980s the international trade in fruits and vegetables has expanded rapidly. The number of commodities as well as the number of varieties produced and traded have drastically increased during...

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Impact of Organized Retailing on the Unorganized Sector

Joseph, Mathew - 2008

The retail business, in India, is estimated to grow at 13 per cent per annum from US$ 322 billion in 2006-07 to US$ 590 billion in 2011-12. The unorganized retail sector is expected to grow at about 10 per cent per annum from US$ 309 billion 2006-07 to US$ 496 billion in 2011-12. Organized...

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Evolution and critique of buffer stocking policy of India

Saini, Shweta; Kozicka, Marta - 2014

India's economic standing and its policy landscape have come a long way since the 1943 Bengal famine. History saw buffer stocking of food grains as a famine-combating tool. Today, apart from serving as an effective hedge in times of famines, such grain stocks are a conduit deployed by the...

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Modelling Indian wheat and rice sector policies

Kozicka, Marta; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Saini, Shweta; … - 2015

The study revealed the strong impact of policy measures on production, procurement, stocks and trade. We detected several market distortions and mounting fiscal costs. Wheat and rice supply strongly and significantly respond to the minimum support price (MSP). Wholesale prices at planting or...

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