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| Birthal, Pratap Singh; Joshi, P.K.; Gulati, Ashok. |
| Rising per capita income, urbanization and globalization are changing the consumption basket in the developing countries towards high-value commodities (like fruits & vegetables, milk, meat, poultry, fish, etc.). This paper explores how smallholders can benefit from the emerging opportunities from a silent demand-driven changes in high-value agriculture in India. The study examines the institutional mechanisms adopted by different firms to integrate small producers of milk, broilers and vegetables in supply chain and their effects on producers’ transaction costs and farm profitability. The study finds that the innovative institutional arrangements in the form of contract farming have considerably reduced transaction costs and improved market efficiency... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: High value commodities; Urbanization; High value agriculture; Scaling up; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59824 |
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| Joshi, P.K.; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Minot, Nicholas. |
| This study examines the sources of crop income growth in Indian agriculture over the 1980s and 1990s. Using a method developed by Minot (2003), the analysis decomposes crop income growth into the contribution of yield increases, area expansion, price increases, and diversification from low-value crops to higher-value crops. The results confirm that at the national level, technology (higher yield) was the main source of crop income growth during 1980s, while rising prices and diversification emerged as the dominant sources of growth in agriculture during 1990s. Diversification towards higher-value crops such as fruits and vegetables accounted for about 27% of crop income growth in the 1980s and 31% in the 1990s. However, these national averages hide... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Crops; Income growth; Agriculture; Grain production; Agricultural research; Research and development; High value commodities; Crop yields; Prices; High-value crops; Decomposition; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58572 |
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