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Chapter List – Agricultural Marketing and Trade
- Concepts and Classification of Agricultural Markets
- Demand, Supply and Surplus of Agricultural Commodities
- Pricing and Promotion Strategies
- Marketing Process and Functions
- Packaging, Branding, Grading and Quality Control
- Market Functionaries and Marketing Channels
- Market Integration and Marketing Efficiency
- Marketing Costs, Margins and Price Spread
- Government and Cooperative Institutions in Agricultural Marketing
- Risk, Speculation, Hedging and Futures Trading
- Agricultural Prices and Price Policy
- International Trade, WTO and Agricultural Trade Policy
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Syllabus
Theory Agricultural Marketing: Concepts and definitions of market, marketing, agricultural marketing, market structure, marketing mix and market segmentation, classification and characteristics of agricultural markets; Demand, supply and producer’s surplus of agri commodities: nature and determinants of demand and supply of farm products, producer’s surplus – meaning and its types, marketable and marketed surplus, factors affecting marketable surplus of agri-commodities; Pricing and promotion strategies: pricing considerations and approaches – cost based and competition based pricing; market promotion – advertising, personal selling, sales promotion and publicity – meaning, merits and demerits; Marketing process and functions: Marketing process concentration, dispersion and equalization; exchange functions – buying and selling; physical functions – storage, transport and processing; facilitating functions – packaging, branding, grading, quality control and labelling (Agmark); Market functionaries and marketing channels: Types and importance of agencies involved in agricultural marketing; meaning and definition of marketing channel; number of channel levels; marketing channels for different farm products; Integration, efficiency, costs and price spread: Meaning, definition and types of market integration; marketing efficiency; marketing costs, margins and price spread; factors affecting cost of marketing; reasons for higher marketing costs of farm commodities; ways of reducing marketing costs; Role of Govt. in agricultural marketing: Public sector institutions- CWC, SWC, FCI, CACP and DMI – their objectives and functions; cooperative marketing in India; Risk in marketing: Types of risk in marketing; speculation and hedging; an overview of futures trading; Agricultural prices and policy: Meaning and functions of price; administered prices; need for innovations in agricultural price policy; Trade: Concept of International Trade and its need, theories of absolute and comparative advantage. Present status and prospects of international trade in agri-commodities; WTO; Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and its implications on Indian agriculture; IPR; Role of government in agricultural marketing; Role of APMC and its relevance in the present day context. .
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Agricultural Marketing and Trade
1. What is agricultural marketing?
Agricultural marketing refers to all activities involved in moving agricultural commodities from producers to consumers, including buying, selling, transportation, storage, processing, grading, packaging and other facilitating activities.
2. What is meant by an agricultural market?
An agricultural market is a place, system or arrangement where agricultural commodities are bought and sold between producers, traders, processors, retailers and consumers.
3. What are the main characteristics of agricultural markets?
Important characteristics include seasonal production, variation in quality, perishability of many products, geographical dispersion of production, fluctuating prices and involvement of several market intermediaries.
4. What is marketable surplus?
Marketable surplus is the quantity of agricultural produce that remains available with the farmer for sale after meeting family consumption, seed, feed, wages and other farm requirements.
5. What is marketed surplus?
Marketed surplus is the actual quantity of agricultural produce sold by a farmer in the market, regardless of whether the sale was planned or necessary.
6. What is producer's surplus?
Producer's surplus refers to the quantity of agricultural produce available with a producer after meeting various requirements such as consumption, seed, feed and other farm needs. It may be classified into marketable and marketed surplus.
7. What is pricing in agricultural marketing?
Pricing is the process of determining the amount of money to be charged or received for an agricultural commodity. Agricultural prices are influenced by production costs, demand, supply, competition and government policies.
8. What is cost-based pricing?
Cost-based pricing is a pricing approach in which the price is determined by considering the cost of producing and marketing a commodity and adding an appropriate margin or profit.
9. What is competition-based pricing?
Competition-based pricing involves setting the price of a commodity with reference to the prices charged by competing sellers or prevailing market prices.
10. What are the main methods of market promotion?
The major methods of market promotion are advertising, personal selling, sales promotion and publicity. These methods help create awareness and encourage the purchase of agricultural products.
11. What are the main functions of agricultural marketing?
The main functions are concentration, equalization and dispersion. They include exchange functions such as buying and selling, physical functions such as storage, transportation and processing, and facilitating functions such as grading, packaging, branding and quality control.
12. What is a marketing channel?
A marketing channel is the route through which an agricultural commodity moves from the producer to the final consumer. It may involve traders, commission agents, wholesalers, retailers and processors.
13. Who are the important market functionaries?
Important market functionaries include producers, village traders, commission agents, wholesalers, retailers, processors and other agencies involved in the movement and distribution of agricultural commodities.
14. What is market integration?
Market integration refers to the relationship between different markets in which changes in price or demand in one market are transmitted to other related markets. It may be horizontal, vertical or spatial.
15. What is marketing efficiency?
Marketing efficiency refers to the effectiveness with which a marketing system performs its functions while minimizing marketing costs and providing appropriate services to producers and consumers.
16. What is price spread?
Price spread is the difference between the price paid by the final consumer and the net price received by the producer for an agricultural commodity. It represents marketing costs and margins incurred between the producer and consumer.
17. What is hedging in agricultural marketing?
Hedging is a risk-management technique used to reduce the effect of adverse price movements by taking an appropriate position in the futures market against a position in the physical market.
18. What is Minimum Support Price (MSP)?
Minimum Support Price is a price announced by the Government of India for specified agricultural crops before the relevant marketing season, based on recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
19. What is the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) of the WTO?
The Agreement on Agriculture is a World Trade Organization agreement dealing with international agricultural trade. Its major areas include market access, domestic support and export competition.
20. What is the role of APMC in agricultural marketing?
Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) are established under state agricultural marketing legislation to regulate the marketing of notified agricultural produce and provide organized market facilities for agricultural commodities.
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