TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sood, Ankita
AU  - Ray, Chandranath N. (Guide)
TI  - Effectiveness of contract farming as an institutional innovation : a case of Gujarat (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-1159 
PY  - 2010///
N1  - CONTENTS1. Introduction  1 1.1. Agriculture in India  1 1.1.1. Overview 1 1.1.2. Agricultural regions in India 2 1.1.3. Agriculture before Independence 3 1.1.4. Present nature of Indian Agriculture 4 1.2. Agricultural Marketing in India 7 1.2.1. Market Systems in India 7 1.2.2. Traditional Marketing Channels 8 1.2.3. Changes in Marketing Channels 9 2. Contract Farming: The Concept World accross  12 2.1. Contract Farming 12 2.1.1. Overview  12 2.1.2. Origin of Contract farming  13 2.1.3. Contract farming as a concept 13 2.1.4. Types of Contracts  14 2.1.5. Various Models of Contract farming 14 2.2. Contract farming: World Experiences  17 2.2.1. International Experiences 18 2.2.2. Indian Experiences 23 2.3. Policy initiatives for Contract farming in India 27 2.4. Benifits and Concerns of Contract farming  30 3. Case of Gujarat  36 3.1. Agricultural profile Gujarat  36 3.1.1. Agriculture Sector Overview 36 3.1.2. Agro Climatic Regions of Gujarat 38 3.1.3. Horticulture Scenario of Gujarat 39 3.2. Contract farming in Gujarat: Institutional Provision 40 3.2.1. Provisions made by Gujarat APMC  40 3.3. Conceptual framework  43 3.3.1. Rationale for Contract Farming 43 3.3.2. Need of Study 43 3.3.3. Research Problem 43 3.3.4. Aim 44 3.3.5. Objectives  44 3.3.6. Research Methodology 44 3.4. Research Design  45 3.4.1. Sample Design  46 3.4.2. arameters for Assessment  47 3.4.3. Scope and Limitations  49 4. Study Region; Banaskantha and Sabarkantha Districts  50 4.1. Study Region 50 4.1.1. Overview  50 4.1.2. Agricultural Profile 51 4.2. Profiles of Companies in Contract Farming of Potato  54 4.2.1. Direct Contract: McCain Foods India Ltd  55 4.2.2. Indirect Contract: PepsiCo through S.K Horticulture 57 5. Contract farming of Potato 59 5.1. Contract farming of potato  59 5.2. Situation Analysis 60 5.2.1. Farmer Profile  60 5.2.2. Pattern of Landholding 62 5.2.3. Technology and Information Transfer  64 5.2.4. Input v/s Output Cost  66 5.2.5. Company Agreement v/s Model Agreement of the Gujarat Government 71 5.2.6. Direct Contracts v/s Indirect Contracts  74 6. Summary and Conclusions  78 6.1. Summary  78 6.2. Identified Benefits and Issues of Farmers  81 6.3. Conclusions and Suggestions  82 REFERENCES ANNEXURES
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