The origin of the Indian pesticide industry can be traced back to World War II. In 1948, the country imported DDT for malaria control. The agricultural use of pesticides began a year later, when BHC was imported to control the locusts. The agricultural use grew steadily between 1965 and 1990 when it reached a share […]
How to Market Pesticides in Rural Areas? | India | Agriculture
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How to Market Seeds in Rural Areas? | India | Agriculture
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Marketing of seed is the most important as well as a challenging aspect of seed industry, because of the nature of the product. Seed being a living organism, its quality deteriorates faster. Thus, its shelf life is limited and it must be marketed within the season. Another peculiar feature of seeds is that it requires […]
Marketing of Agricultural Produce: 12 Stages | India | Agriculture
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In this article we will discuss about the stages involved in the marketing of agricultural produce. An agricultural ‘value chain’ defines the set of activities that bring a basic agricultural product from production in the field to final consumption, where value is added to the product at each stage. Here, we break up this chain […]