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2. Farmers’ choice of market channels and producer prices in India: role of transportation and communication networks
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Negi, Digvijay S. (author), Birthal, Pratap S. (author), Roy, Devesh (author), and Khan, Md. Tajuddin (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12
- Published:
- Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10419
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 81(106-121)
- Notes:
- 16 pages., Via online journal., This paper assesses the effect of transportation and communication networks on farmers’ choice of market channels for paddy and wheat, and subsequently on the prices they receive from these channels. It is found that smallholder farmers sell more to informal channels i.e. local traders and input dealers, and typically receive lower prices from them compared to the government-set minimum support prices (MSP). The prices realized from the sales in regulated markets are also less than the MSP despite these being claimed to be more transparent in price discovery. Econometric results show that farmers’ access to transportation and information enables them to obtain better price terms from informal as well as formal channels. The effect of information is relatively stronger, implying that farmers’ access to transportation itself is not sufficient but is effective when combined with provision of market information. Further, our proposition is that despite a positive impact of the improved market access on price realization from informal traders, farmer-trader relations are unlikely to undergo a meaningful change because of the tied transactions involving inputs, credit and outputs.
3. Settlement of disputes by consensus: an experiment in rural Tamil Nadu
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sampath, A.K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D11556
- Journal Title:
- Economic and Political Weekly
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(24/25) : 1238-1240
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, "Our society had the concept of social justice informing its dispute resolution procedures for centuries before the adversarial system was introduced by the British." This article involved an experimental project in reviving dispute settlement through consensus in rural Tamil Nadu. Author described experience with a consensus program involving an informal approach. The description including a case example to illustrate the procedures and guidelines used in pursuit of shared justice.