yes export of agri commodities help in better return to farmers. problem in India is not production of agri products but proper management.more than 10% of products got wasted due to poor management. we can import better food management techniques from developed world which will help in increasing the return to farmers which will boost economic growth of the country.
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Danish khan, Business Analyst, cognizant business consultancy
| 02 07 2011 07:37:10 +0000
This a general practice adopted by all countries in the world , to get income from agri commodities.
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SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd
| 02 07 2011 05:32:03 +0000
Export of Agri Commodities certainly makes sense provided the major benefits reach the poor agriculturists who in turn plough the proceeds back in production, unlike other self-centred businessmen. We have abundant production - what we lack is distribution and storage. If we develop adequate rail and road network to connect every village to a township to a city, a number of intermediaries who currently thrive at the behest of poor farmers would be eliminated from the chain of network, thereby allowing the major shares to reach the real producers. Export is necessary in order to maintain proper balance of payments and reserves of foreign currency!
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S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner
| 12 28 2010 16:34:16 +0000
I agree. Over the decade labor wages has increased 10 times and so the salary of pvt and govt employees.... whats the answer to farmers?
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vijayasaravanan , Partner, MS Contractors and Amway Business Owner
| 12 28 2010 15:47:45 +0000
Export is a concept that cannot be avoided in the present global market place. For one reason or the other, all items are open to export. That said, however, in a large country like india, the market will bnever understand why you honour export committments when there is a short fall internally. So export is a valid option but only when the internal market is satisfied and kept content both in terms of pricing and supply.
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RAMESH KANDADAI, Principal Consultant, ARM Consultants
| 12 28 2010 04:01:04 +0000
Dear Mr Badri Srinivasan, Permit me to amend your statement" It is not farmer repeat it is not farmer who benefits" . It is the exporter who benefits and completely denies farmer any benefit whatsoever.
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Ravindra Sharma, Managing Consultant, CHEF-India
| 12 24 2010 06:31:34 +0000
Yogesh, Agree, on improper storage and transport infrastructure. But a country with manpower surplus can surely export finished products. And India must refrain from exporting any RAW material whatsoever.
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Ravindra Sharma, Managing Consultant, CHEF-India
| 12 23 2010 07:20:20 +0000
Well! it makes perfect business sense to export agro products.... you can only export what you produce .... Japan exports electronics b'coz Japan is good at it. This food shortage is due to lack of storage infrstructure in the country ..... 33% of the produce in fruits and vegetables is wasted in our country . . . For example onion has reason to be expensive this season - we've produced more onion than the projected demand. Ideally prices should have fallen this year but thanks to the nexus of corporate and agri minister - ONION is a luxury for indian masses.
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Yogesh Singhania, Senior Manager, Bharti Airtel
| 12 23 2010 06:33:14 +0000
ya i too agree that india should be one of the exporters for agricultural based good,as we all know India is now in it's growing stage and to sustain it's growth it should take part in all major trades and business which can be either through food products or fuels.as per my opinions we indians are self sufficient in certain food grains/crops which needs to be sold than getting rotten in the stores/cold rooms.we must have heard about rotting foodgrains in the cold room it's better to earn the best possible for country than waisting all those.another thing which i would like to site is due it's food grain export(wheat/sugar) india is one among the major food grains producer which adds to the pride of Indians for being a part of such developing and producing country.
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jyotiranjandash , junior manager commisioning of turbine and auxiliaries, jindal power limited
| 12 22 2010 19:55:20 +0000
we should have open trade policy , how we monitor based on our production is the key. Ag ministry and Planning commission should be made accountable. The tall promises by GOI is nothing but eyewash which is visible in AP by their lukewarm response to accommodate effected farmers and my heartbreaks for so many lifes being lost due to Apathy
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Phani Mohan krishna, Head/VP/GM- Purchase/Material Mgmt, ANAGHA DATTA TRADE
| 12 22 2010 10:32:40 +0000
Gradually fertile agricultural lands are getting developed into costly real estate. Farmers are finding it difficult to survive. Rural population is migrating to cities in search of livelihood and better living conditions - corruption is rampant - politicians and bureaucrats are having a field day - if we do not wake up now, it will be too late.
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Major Bhargava R D, Head/VP/GM-HR, Valdel Retail Pvt. Ltd.
| 12 22 2010 10:15:08 +0000
The point is if there is surplus then there is point for export of agricommodities
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kasturirangan.r , INSURANCE ADVISOR, Life Insurance Corporation Of India
| 12 22 2010 09:34:37 +0000
If we stop / reduce our crude import, then we can stop exporting agri commodities.
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Gopala Krishnan.H, CMD, DJA-Inc
| 12 22 2010 09:04:22 +0000
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Govt. should not just leave agriculture product to neoliberal market logic. This is about food security of country. When a large part of our population don't gets nutritional food, its not justified to export agri products in name of earning more.
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Abhijit Anand Prabhudan, Admin/Facilities Manager, Ca*****
| 04 04 2011 13:43:34 +0000
A country must place its own interests in forefront weather it is for this or other policies. Unfortunately this is not adhered for several reasons.....
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Ravindra Sharma, Managing Consultant, CHEF-India
| 12 27 2010 11:18:18 +0000
Export of agri commodities lead to better profit margins for the farmers. Hence, a mutually agreeable trade-off needs to be done with the farmers so that they are also benefited apart from meeting the local demands. This is on account of the fact that when there is a food surplus (for some commodities) in the local market, then again it affects the farmers, as the price comes down. At this time, it may be favorable to export those commodities if it is required in the international market. However, all these aspects are governed by the vagaries of the market conditions and the farmers are left to bear the brunt of this changing market. In order to ensure that the farmers are incentivized sufficiently, the policy should focus on taking care of the farmer's welfare apart from meeting the local market conditions so that in the future, the commodity growth rate will be uniform. Thanks for the referral, Ravali....
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Badri N Srinivasan, Head - Quality, Valtech India Systems Pvt. Ltd.
| 12 24 2010 05:55:15 +0000
I agree your point of view and thanks for the referral Ms.Ravali.
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NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, GM-Projects, Bentec Electricals & Electronics Pvt. Ltd
| 12 23 2010 17:17:03 +0000
First try to feed our own people then think of feeding the rest. Gone those days when India was self dependent on agri production..it's been evident from soaring prices of essential commodities dependent on agri products that production is not going well and even if it is then surely not the public distribution system. Exports will do nothing but to add Sault to the injury.
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Prashant Sharma, Business Analyst, Nucleus Software Exports
| 12 23 2010 11:30:58 +0000
It’s true Japan exports electronics but the it is also the fact that Japan has electronic appliances awareness among most of the people regardless of the nature of the work of those ones. So that example does not make sense. It’s perfectly understandable that we are coping up with high food prices so the export should be lessened until and unless the soaring prices reduce to a normal level. No matter export is a good business but after all business is for growth not for starvation and undernourishment.
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Neerav Galathia, Sales Engineer, Aerzen Machines (India) Pvt. Ltd.
| 12 23 2010 10:53:06 +0000
Ya it doesnt make sense, but nothing is in our hand. All good quality food is exported and we are left with bad quality food and therefore have to face scarcity of food substances.
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Chandra shekhar, Technical Writer/Quality Assurance, CMMI 3 Software Company, Hyderabad
| 12 23 2010 05:01:48 +0000
We have the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to control and regulate prices, but the Act comes into operation only in emergency. Why can't the Legislature design a legislation that looks for and ensures the sustenance of hunger of millions of stomachs in India. It is high time we deal on this.
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Amarendra Gogoi, Law, Law
| 12 22 2010 17:22:19 +0000
We have the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to control and regulate prices, but the Act comes into operation only in emergency. Why can't the Legislature design a legislation that looks for and ensures the sustenance of hunger of millions of stomachs in India. It is high time we deal on this.
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Amarendra Gogoi, Law, Law
| 12 22 2010 16:48:17 +0000
only the items which are surplus should be exported,the argument of keeping the prices study by export is benefiting only middle man the agriculturist is always suffering .
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Vidhu Dar, CEO/MD/Director, Shiva's Retreat
| 12 22 2010 16:37:51 +0000
this is the real tyranny of indian democracy, we loose every day thousands of life per day only due to insufficient food shame on INDIAN leadership
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Er.LASTMAN OF INDIA, president
| 12 22 2010 11:02:46 +0000
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