Geography of Agricultural Marking at Grassroots Level

The book entitled Agricultural Marketing at Grass roots Level presents an analysis of transaction of agro-commodities that is conducted through the periodic markets. In this book an attempt has been made why and how marginal and small farmers are enthusiast in the selling their products in such type of marketing system. It also presents a description why these markets are the source of livelihood for small and petty traders, landless labourers and workers of unorganized sector. Moreover, distribution of markets in regard of area, population, cultivated crops, habitat villages, and Classification, Hierarchy of markets are the important aspects of this book. The different channels are also shown in this book to reach crops and livestock at the final consumer. At last, deficiencies of the periodic market system and suggestions for its betterment have been incorporated.