Agriculture Marketing

Edited and compiled by Ramesh Chand

ISBN 10: 9380873395 / ISBN 13: 9789380873398

Published by Educational Pub, 2011

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Contents 1 Agricultural marketing and rural credit status issues and reform 2 Agricultural marketing and access to transport services 3 Domestic marketing of agricultural products 4 Agricultural markets in developing countries 5 Organic farming wheat production and marketing 6 The role and importance of branding in agricultural marketing 7 Agricultural commodity markets in India policy issues for growth 8 Problems encountered by agricultural marketing firms in food and agricultural product exporting 9 Agricultural price policy farm profitability and food security 10 Macro-level analysis of food supply chain dynamics and diversity 11 Rethinking tropical agricultural commodities 12 Rural poverty agricultural production and prices 13 Impacts of trade macroeconomic and price policy on agriculture 14 Bringing agriculture to the market Bibliography IndexIn countries like India strengthening of agriculture is critical for facing the challenges of rural poverty food insecurity unemployment and sustainability of natural resources But there is a need to redefine agriculture as the science and practice of activities relating to production processing marketing distribution utilization and trade of food feed and fibre which implies that agricultural development strategy must address not only farmers but also those in marketing trade processing and agribusiness In this context efficient marketing and rural credit systems assume added importance Agricultural marketing system is the critical link between farm production sector on the one hand and non-farm sector industry and urban economy on the other Apart from performing physical and facilitating functions of transferring the goods from producers to consumers the marketing system also performs the function of discovering the prices at different stages of marketing and transmitting the price signals in the marketing chain 264 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Agriculture Marketing
• Publisher: Educational Pub
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9380873395
• ISBN 13: 9789380873398
• Binding: Soft cover