Performance Evaluation of Agricultural Regulated Markets

An attempt has been made in this book to evaluate the performance of agricultural regulated markets by analyzing the operational efficiency of Agricultural Market Committees, the significance of agricultural sector, importance of foreign trade, agricultural situation in India, current trends in agricultural marketing, concepts of regulated markets, growth and development of agricultural regulated markets, organization and constitution of market committees, the demographic profile of chittoor district, marketing scenario in chittoor district prior to establishment of regulated markets, origin of regulated markets, AMCs in chittoor district, income and expenditure, physical performance and financial performance of AMCs in chittoor district and financial needs and sources of AMCs, the market practices such as business hours, method of sale, weighing of produce, settlement of business transactions, financial efficacy and trends in market arrivals and their implications.