Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What do you mean by agricultural marketing?
Advertisements
Solution
Agricultural marketing refers to all those processes that are involved from harvesting to final sales of the products by the farmers. These processes involve:
a) gathering the product after harvesting.
b) processing the product
c) grading the product, according to, different quality norms
d) packaging the product
e) storing the product for future use
f) selling the product at attractive prices
In other words, it does not simply refer to the farmers’ act of bringing their product to the market for the purpose of sale. But it also includes all those activities that help the farmers to fetch the maximum price for his product.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Mention some obstacles that hinder the mechanism of agricultural marketing.
Explain the role of non-farm employment in promoting rural diversification.
Which Indian state has been held as a success story in the efficient implementation of milk cooperatives?
Blue revolution is associated with ______.
______ comes under horticulture.
Which of the following accounts for the largest share in the livestock sector of India?
Read the following statements -Assertion (A) and Reason(R), Choose one of the correct alternatives given below:
Assertion (A): Since Independence, the economic condition of many farmers across India has improved as they have adopted horticulture as a secondary source of income.
Reason(R): Varying climatic and soil conditions have given India an added advantage to be the producer of diverse horticultural crops.
What is the contribution of marine and inland sources to total fish production?
Why is agricultural diversification essential for sustainable livelihoods?
What is the importance of animal husbandry as a source of diversification?
What is the importance of fisheries as a source of diversification?
Study the following picture and answer the given question:
Women in rural households take up bee-keeping as an entrepreneurial activity. Such kind of activities may be envisaged under ______ as diversification activity.
What does diversification primarily mean in the context of rural livelihoods?
Why is diversification needed in agriculture?
Which of the following is classified as a non-farm activity under key diversification areas?
Which of the following are allied activities that supplement farm income?
What measures are required to improve the fisheries sector?
What kind of support does the horticulture sector need for further growth?
What does the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) launched in 2014 ask Members of Parliament to do?
In which year was the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana launched?
