Market Access as Constraint on Marginal and Small Farmers

Too often, studies about the production, income and consumption patterns of small and marginal farmers in India have ignored the fact that income levels are a function not only of output and producer prices but also of the various marketing costs and marketing constraints for such farmers. This pape...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly 1981-03, Vol.16 (13), p.A29-A36
Main Authors: U. Aiyasami, H. G. Bohle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collective farms
Cotton
Crop economics
Crop production
Crops
Farmers markets
Food crops
Groundnuts
Marketing
Review of Agriculture, March 1981
Villages
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Summary:Too often, studies about the production, income and consumption patterns of small and marginal farmers in India have ignored the fact that income levels are a function not only of output and producer prices but also of the various marketing costs and marketing constraints for such farmers. This paper attempts to look into: (a) the general marketing problems of small and marginal farmers, and (b) specifically the effects of poor accessibility to the marketing centre.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846