Where to Sell? Market Facilities and Agricultural Marketing

This paper analyzes the effect of facilities and infrastructure available at the market place on a farmer's decision to sell at the market using a comprehensive survey of farmers, markets and villages conducted in Tamil Nadu, India in 2005. The econometric estimation shows that the likelihood of sales at the market increases significantly with an improvement in market facilities and a decrease in travel time from the village to the market. The results suggest that wealth reduces a farmer's cost of accessing market facilities more than it increases her/his opportunity cost of leisure. The wealthy farmers are able to capture a disproportionate share of the benefits of facilities available at congested markets. The policy simulation, however, shows that the marginal benefits from an improvement in market facilities will favor poorer farmers in the context of India.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Shilpi, Forhad, Umali-Deininger, Dina
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-12
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKET, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCOUNTING, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME, BUS, BUS STATION, BUS STATIONS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMERCIALIZATION, COMMUNITIES, COMPETITIVE MARKET, CONGESTION, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, COST INCREASES, COST OF TRANSPORTATION, CREDIT CONSTRAINT, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISTRICTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENTS, EXPENDITURE, FEMALE, FIXED COSTS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HOUSEHOLDS, INCOME GROWTH, INSTRUMENT, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, LABOR MARKET, LAND OWNERSHIP, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET EFFICIENCY, MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE, MARKET PLACE, MARKET PRICE, MARKET REFORMS, MARKET TRANSACTION, MARKETING, MISSING MARKETS, OPPORTUNITY COST, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, POLICE, POLICE STATION, POLICE STATIONS, POSITIVE COEFFICIENT, POST OFFICE, POST OFFICES, PRODUCE MARKETING BOARD, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, RELEVANT MARKETS, RETAIL, RETURN, RETURNS, ROAD, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL ROADS, RURAL TRANSPORTATION, SALE, SALES, SHADOW PRICE, SHOPS, STORAGE CAPACITY, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, TOTAL SALES, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADING, TRANSACTION, TRANSACTION COST, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COST, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, TRAVEL TIME, TRIPS, TRUCKS, TRUE, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBANIZATION, VEHICLES, VILLAGES, WAREHOUSE, WEALTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8894865/sell-market-facilities-agricultural-marketing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7515
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