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Agricultural value chains in India: ensuring competitiveness, inclusiveness, sustainability, scalability, and improved finance

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: India studies in business and economicsPublication details: Springer 2022 New DelhiDescription: xxxv, 298 p. : illISBN:
  • 9789813342675
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.10954 A44
Online resources: Summary: This open access book provides a clear holistic conceptual framework of CISS-F (competitiveness, inclusiveness, sustainability, scalability and access to finance) to analyse the efficiency of value chains of high value agricultural commodities in India. It is based on the understanding that agriculture is an integrated system that connects farming with logistics, processing and marketing. Farmer’s welfare being central to any agricultural policy makes it very pertinent to study how a value chain works and can be strengthened further to realize this policy goal. This book adds value to the existing research by studying the value chains end-to-end across a wide spectrum of agricultural commodities with the holistic lens of CISS-F. It is not enough that a value chain is competitive but not inclusive or it is competitive and inclusive but not sustainable. The issue of scalability is very critical to achieve macro gains in terms of greater farmer outreach and sectoral growth. The research undertaken here brings out some very useful insights for policymaking in terms of what needs to be done better to steer the agricultural value chains towards being more competitive, inclusive, sustainable and scalable. The value chain specific research findings help draw very nuanced policy recommendations as well as present a big picture of the future direction of policy making in agriculture. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-33-4268-2
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Ashok Gulati

2. Evaluating Agricultural Value Chains on CISS-F Framework
Ashok Gulati, Kavery Ganguly, T. Nanda Kumar

3. Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) Value Chains
Ashok Gulati, Harsh Wardhan, Pravesh Sharma

4. Banana and Mango Value Chains
Harsh Wardhan, Sandip Das, Ashok Gulati

5. Grapes and Pomegranate Value Chains
Manasi Phadke, Bhushana Karandikar, Ashok Gulati

6. Dairy Value Chain
T. Nanda Kumar, Sandip Das, Ashok Gulati

7. Poultry Value Chain
T. Nanda Kumar, Anisha Samantara, Ashok Gulati

8. Pulses Value Chain- Pigeon Pea and Gram
Kavery Ganguly, Ashok Gulati

9. Further Strengthening Agri-Value Chains in India—Way Forward
Ashok Gulati, Pravesh Sharma, Kavery Ganguly

This open access book provides a clear holistic conceptual framework of CISS-F (competitiveness, inclusiveness, sustainability, scalability and access to finance) to analyse the efficiency of value chains of high value agricultural commodities in India. It is based on the understanding that agriculture is an integrated system that connects farming with logistics, processing and marketing. Farmer’s welfare being central to any agricultural policy makes it very pertinent to study how a value chain works and can be strengthened further to realize this policy goal. This book adds value to the existing research by studying the value chains end-to-end across a wide spectrum of agricultural commodities with the holistic lens of CISS-F. It is not enough that a value chain is competitive but not inclusive or it is competitive and inclusive but not sustainable. The issue of scalability is very critical to achieve macro gains in terms of greater farmer outreach and sectoral growth. The research undertaken here brings out some very useful insights for policymaking in terms of what needs to be done better to steer the agricultural value chains towards being more competitive, inclusive, sustainable and scalable. The value chain specific research findings help draw very nuanced policy recommendations as well as present a big picture of the future direction of policy making in agriculture.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-33-4268-2

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