ISAS Working Papers

ndian Agriculture sector is the backbone of Indian Economy which employs more than 50% of the total wor kforce. The percentage contribution of Agriculture sector in India's GDP is around 14%, which is growing by just merely 2.8% for the period of 2011 - 12. The growth of Agriculture sector is extremely important for India to ensure food availability and sustai ning rural livelihood. The agriculture value chain of India is suffering from many bottlenecks which lead to low income to farmers and high inflation in food - prices. The paper focuses mainly on the horticultural commodities like fruits and vegetables val ue chain and studies the different inefficiencies in the agriculture value - chain of India focusing on farm - market linkages. This paper presents the different reasons of these inefficiencies in the present value chain and possible remedies for the same.