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3. “The first lesson of economics is scarcity… The first lesson of politics
is to disregard the first lesson of economics”
-Thomas Sowell
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4. INTRODUCTION
Agriculture is undergoing a huge transformation
Agriculture connects strongly to the national
and global economy
By 2050 world must feed 9 billion people
Agriculture has become a big business
Davis and Goldberg from Harvard Business
School (1957) considered as pioneers of
agribusiness
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5. Agribusiness is the sum of all operations involved in the manufacture
and distribution of agricultural materials; production operations on
the farm; and the storage, processing, marketing, transport and
distribution of consumer products
- Davis and Goldberg
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6. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
New innovations and modern technologies are
prime movers
Biotechnology-The Deadlock and the Way out
Managing the “Ultimate Resource”
Collaborative and Multi-Disciplinary Research
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7. As the driver of agricultural productivity, production and
profitability, agricultural research has strong correlation with
food and nutritional security, rural employment and income, and
environmental sustainability, and also the internal peace and security
of nations
-R&D
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8. INVESTMENTS
Returns on investment in agricultural research are
consistently high.
I.F.P.R.I analysis on 1000+ studies show returns of
44%-80% in investment
World Bank’s World Development Report 2008 found,
average 43% return on agricultural R&D based on
700 published studies in developing world
In 2008 global public spent $31.7 billion on
agricultural R&D
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9. A strong public research system at both national and international levels are
needed not only to provide technological support directly to the farming
community, but also to effectively compete with the powerful private R & D
system that is built primarily on profit-motive and control over the technological
outputs rather than reaching out to the poor farmers and ensuring social
welfare.
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10. Seed Fertilisers Pesticides
Machinery
&
Equipment
Water
Power /
Fuel
Feed Services
Production System
Crop
Products
Livestock
Products
Forestry
Products
Fishery
Products
Marketing / Trade / Consumption
Marketers Processors Imports
Retained On-Farm /
Rural
Food Use Non-Food Use Exports
An Overview of Agribusiness System 10
11. AGRIBUSINESSES
Seeds
Fertilisers
Agro-Chemicals/ Pesticides
Organics and Manures
Farm Machinery and
Equipment Marketing
Water/Irrigation Structures and
Equipment
Animal Feeds
Veterinary Products
Agricultural
Research/Biotechnology
Crop, Livestock, Fishery and
Forestry production
Raw material Procurement
Food and Agro Processing
Food and Agro marketing
Agricultural trade/Import and
Export Marketing
Forest-based Industries
Food Supply Chain
Management
Inspection, Grading, Quality
certification/Control
Agricultural Finance/ Banking
Agricultural/ Rural
Development
Agri Information
Agri Consulting
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12. CONCLUSION
Systematic problems require systematic solutions
Private sector generating Path-Breaking
technologies
Public sector research is stagnating and
degrading
Teaching activities must be research oriented
Must be long term vision
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13. REFERENCE
INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, Jan-Mar 2014, Agricultural Research
and Extension in India by R. Balasubramanian, Page 14-44.
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