Agricultural Marketing and Rural Credit for Strengthening Indian Agriculture
Acharya, S. S. | August 2006
Abstract
Strengthening agriculture is critical for facing the challenges of rural poverty, food insecurity, unemployment, and sustainability of natural resources. The objective of this paper is to identify the main problems in agricultural marketing and rural credit systems and suggest policy strategies that can be implemented for strengthening Indian agriculture.
Citation
Acharya, S. S.. 2006. Agricultural Marketing and Rural Credit for Strengthening Indian Agriculture. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1458. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Agriculture
Women in agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Climate
Climate change
Climate impacts assessment
Global climate change
Investment climates
Agricultural statistics
Sustainable development
Agribusiness
Agricultural trade
Agricultural economy
Agricultural product marketing
Agricultural products
Climatic change
Climatic influence
Climatic
Climatology
Global commons
Ozone depletion
Investment analysis
Investment bank
Investment dispute
Investment policy
Investment return
Agricultural information network
Agricultural processing industry
New agricultural enterprise
Produce trade
Export
Import
International competition
Commercial policy
International trade
Economic policy
Foreign investment
Ratio analysis
Risk return relationship
Wind
Ozone layer
Investment
Bank and banking
Speculation
Climate change mitigation
Global temperature change
Precipitation anomaly
Precipitation variability
Goat farming
Green Revolution
Harvesting
Herb farming
Hill farming
Land capability for agriculture
Livestock
Traditional farming
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