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Agriculture & Food SecurityEXAMINEYear 201810 Marks
Concept / Statute•Directive•Institution / Stakeholder

Examine the role of supermarkets in supply chains of agricultural produce. How do they affect the small retail vendors and local mandi traders?

Exact Syllabus Pointer

Cropping patterns, irrigation, farm subsidies, MSP, PDS, food processing, supply chain management, land reforms.

Syllabus Tags:Organized Retail & MandisContract FarmingDisintermediationImpact on Small VendorsFarm-to-Fork Model

Connected Questions Across All Papers

Discovered through overlapping concepts: Organized Retail & Mandis, Contract Farming, Disintermediation

Recurring Theme Trend: “Organized Retail & Mandis”

7 questions across 14 yrs

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