Context: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) is a major step towards post-harvest loss management but the policymakers must also realise the potential of future markets and devise stable policies for them
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Concerns with AIF
Way Forward: To Minimise Agri-market Risk and Ensure Better Price Realisation
Conclusion: India needs to not only spatially integrate its agri-markets but also temporally integrate them with spot and futures markets for realising the best price for producing and hedging market risks.