Institutional Innovations in the Delivery of Farm Services in India A Smallholder Perspective /

• Main Author: Singh, Sukhpal (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; Agricultural economics.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Marketing.; Economic development.; Business logistics.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Agricultural Economics.; Sustainability Management.; Development Studies.; Supply Chain Management.

This book uses primary evidence to assess the value of agro-input and service delivery business models in terms of their inclusiveness, effectiveness and impact from a small farmer perspective, in the form of case studies in three Indian states: Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The services discusse...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Sale, Purchase and Use of Agri Inputs and Services in India: A review
• Chapter 3. Agro-machinery rental  services:  Case studies from Punjab
• Chapter 4. Supermarket Retailing of Agro-inputs: A case study from Uttar Pradesh.- Chapter 5. Franchising in Agri-input and market linkage delivery: A case study from Bihar
• Chapter 6. Summary, Conclusions, and Policy implications.- References.