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In the previous post I have discussed some aspects of Agribusiness. Today in the concluding post I will discuss aspects of Agricultural Marketing.

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

Agricultural marketing refers to all those processes through which agricultural goods reach different places. The activities range from harvesting to final sales of the agricultural product

Definition

According to Prof. Faruque

"Agricultural marketing comprises all operations involved in the movement of farm of produce from the producer to the ultimate consumer. Thus, agricultural marketing includes operations like collecting, grading, processing, preserving, transportation and financing."

Processes in agricultural marketing.

Assembling products after harvesting, processing the product, grading the product, packaging of product, storing the excess produce for use in future, distribution of agricultural products to the marketplace or consumer)

HINDERANCES/OBSTACLES TO AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

1. Defective weighing techniques

2. Lack of efficient Marketing Information System

3. Small scale production

Storage facilities

1. Lack of credit facilities

2. Lack of transport facilities

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MEASURES FOR AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

1. Regulated markets

2. Co-operative marketing

3. Infrastructure development

4. Information dissemination through electronic and print media

5. Standardization and grading

6. Minimum Support Price (MSP) policy

7. National Agricultural Market (NAM)

8. Export quality standards

9. Wastage

10. Middlemen/Intermediaries/Agents

AGRO-BASED INDUSTRIES

Agro based industries are those industries which

Use output of agriculture and allied activities as raw materials. For e.g. cotton as raw material for textile industries etc.

Provide inputs required in agriculture such as agricultural machinery, tools, implements, fertilizers, pesticides, seeds etc.

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According to the interna set by the Planning Commission, the agro based industries include the following industries which;

1. Encourage greater input into agriculture

2. Lead to better processing and conversion of agricultural commodities

3. Ensure high returns on processed goods

4. Increase agricultural production

CLASSIFICATION OF AGRO-BASED INDUSTRIES

Agrs-Produce Processing units

Merely processing of agricultural produce Rice mills groundnut mills etc

Agro-Produce Manufacturing

Use agricultural products as raw material to make new products Textile mills sugar industries etc

Agro-service centers

Manufacture agricultural inputs Soods, fertilizers, pesticides

Equipment's such as tillers, tractors

Service centers and workshops

IMPORTANCE OF AGRO-BASED INDUSTRIES

Improvement in agricultural productivity

Employment generation

Value addition

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