SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE IN INDIA.

Abstract

It is a matter of happy augury that the orga- nisers of this Conference have directed our attention to such vital problems as 'Marketing' and 'Irrigation'. The Royal Commission on Agriculture in India remarked: "The Agricultural Department in India have regarded the problems connected with the marketing of the cultivator's produce as generally outside their purview." Their valu- able services for improving the quality and increasing the output of his crops have therefore been rendered infructuous by his inability to dispose of his produce at a profit. But quite recently there has been a change in the attitude of the Government Departments. Thanks to the recommendation of the Royal Commission and the deplorable effects of the present economic depression, the question of marketing has now come to the forefront. A marketing officer has recently been appointed in our province and he is just now touring the country to learn the needs of the agriculturists and devise methods of improving his bargaining power. A discussion on Agricultural Marketing' is therefore quite opportune at the present moment.