Documents & Reports
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Making markets work for the poor : community-managed procurement centers for small and medium farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India (English)
Small and marginal farmers in rural Andhra Pradesh have been subject to intensive exploitation by moneylenders, traders, and middlemen. Lack of access to the market, lack of power to negotiate prices due...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 42721 Document Date: December 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rao,Kavita P.,Kalavakonda, Vijaysekar,Banerjee,Shweta S.,Shah,Parmesh
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Community-managed food security enterprises in Andhra Pradesh, India (English)
Rice is a staple food for people in Andhra Pradesh, who buy most of it (70 percent) on the open market and get the balance (30 percent) from the Public Distribution System (PDS). Statistics show that the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 42729 Document Date: December 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mohan, Vijay,Takada,Mio,Kalavakonda, Vijaysekar,Banerjee,Shweta S.,Shah,Parmesh