Introduction Agriculture is the backbone of India’s economy, employing more than half of the country’s workforce and contributing significantly to GDP. Despite its importance, the agricultural sector has historically faced challenges such as fragmented markets, lack of transparency in pricing, dominance of middlemen, and limited access to fair markets for farmers. To address these concerns,…
Introduction Agriculture is the backbone of India’s economy, employing nearly half of its workforce and contributing significantly to the nation’s GDP. With a rapidly growing population projected to cross 1.5 billion by 2050, India faces the formidable challenge of ensuring food security for all its citizens. The traditional farming practices that have sustained Indian agriculture…
Introduction Indian agriculture, despite being a major livelihood source for more than 50% of the population, has long been trapped in issues of fragmentation, low productivity, price volatility, and weak market linkages. In this context, two key institutional reforms—Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and the electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)—have been introduced to transform the structure…