Deficiencies in Agricultural Marketing and Input Delivery System: A View from the Field
2012
Singh, Ajit Kumar
The deficiencies in the public delivery system in agriculture have been highlighted on the basis of a field survey of nearly 3500 farmers in Uttar Pradesh conducted in 2010. The survey has revealed that farmers face various problems related to agricultural marketing and delivery of inputs. The main problems reported are non-availability or insufficiency and high cost of credit; high cost of irrigation and irregular supply of electricity, and non-availability of fertilisers and good quality seeds when required. High input prices is another area of concern. The problems of transportation of produce to market and lack of storage and processing facilities have also been mentioned as major constraint by a majority of farmers. The paper has suggested that there is a clear need of revamping input and service delivery systems at the grass root level so that the problems faced by the farmers could be effectively addressed.
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