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of Agriculture
BY Abhishek Sinha
Agricultural
commercialization
Definition
Indicators Labor productivity
Pros and cons
Agricultural commercialization and
the Structural Transformation
framework
Constraints and challenges facing
the promotion of agricultural
commercialization
Agricultural Commercialization
(Definition)
The degree to which agricultural
production and marketing is
based on market exchange and
specialization vs. internalized
within the household
Agricultural Commercialization
(Indicators)
Household Commercialization Index (HCI)
HCI = value of farm sales / value of farm production
Ranges from 0 1.0
The higher the number, the more commercialized the
household
Existence of / degree of reliance on:
Factor markets (fertilizer, labor, etc)
Financial markets (loans)
Output markets (crop sales)
Rising labor productivity in agriculture
Labor Productivity
Y
L
Y*A
A L
Where:
Y = Net output
L = Labor
A = Area
Commercialization:
Pros and Cons
Some
Pros:
Opportunities and
Challenges
Trade in agriculture
commercially
More competition
Competition needs
efficiency
Scale sensitivity
Standards (quality and quantity)
Technology transfer in agriculture
-Plant variety
-Biotechnology
-Agro-chemicals
-Processing techniques
Service openings
Effects of policy change abroad
Food prices and production
competitiveness