Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Agricultural Marketing Efficiency in India: A View

S. Senguttuvan

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[Agriculture is the largest source of employment in India, and food accounts for about half of consumer expenditures. Moving agricultural products from the farm to consumers more efficiently could result in large gains to producers, consumers, and India’s overall economy. This analysis uses a computable general equiliium model with agricultural commodity detail

and households disaggregated by rural, urban, and income class to study the potential impacts of reforms that achieve efficiency gains in
agricultural marketing and reduce agricultural input subsidies and import tariffs. More efficient agricultural marketing generates economy
wide gains in output and wages, raises agricultural producer prices, reduces consumer food prices, and increases private consumption, particularly by low-income households. These gains could help to offset some of the medium-term adjustment costs for some commodity markets
and households associated with reducing agricultural subsidies and tariffs.]

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S. Senguttuvan Agricultural Marketing Efficiency in India: A View International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 4 April 2015


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