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Analyse the structural issues in India’s agricultural marketing system. Suggest reforms to improve price realization for farmers.

Topic: Transport and marketing of agricultural produce Q6. Analyse the structural issues in India’s agricultural marketing system. Suggest reforms to improve price realization for farmers. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: InsightsIAS Why the question Agricultural marketing reforms remain central to doubling farmers’ income and are frequently debated in the context of MSP, APMC reforms, …

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Discuss the challenges facing agricultural marketing today. How can digital public infrastructure strengthen transparency and farmer returns?

Topic: Agricultural Marketing and Reforms Q5. Discuss the challenges facing agricultural marketing today. How can digital public infrastructure strengthen transparency and farmer returns? (10 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: InsightsIAS Why the question Agricultural marketing continues to constrain farmer incomes, and India is increasingly adopting digital public infrastructure to improve transparency, price discovery and market …

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e-NAM Expansion

Source:  PIB Context: The Government of India has expanded the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) by adding 9 new commodities, increasing the total tradable items to 247. About e-NAM Expansion: What It Is? The National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal launched on 14 April 2016 to connect existing APMC mandis into a …

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“Marketing reforms in horticulture are as crucial as production reforms.” Examine the challenges in India’s horticultural marketing system. Discuss how farmer cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) can strengthen the value chain.

Topic: Upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management. Q5. “Marketing reforms in horticulture are as crucial as production reforms.” Examine the challenges in India’s horticultural marketing system. Discuss how farmer cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) can strengthen the value chain. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: TH Why the question Horticulture now surpasses food …

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Insights into Editorial: Grain and chaff: On farmer protests

  Context: With the farmers’ organisations calling for a blockade of Delhi’s highways to Jaipur and Agra by December 12, tensions may escalate further. Both sides unrelenting in their contradictory positions, an agreement between the Narendra Modi government and the agitating farmers on the question of three controversial Farm Bills appears elusive. A large number …

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