-Economic and Political Weekly
Despite favourable policy measures, growth of financial institutions and public interventions in the marketing of agricultural produce, the structure of Punjab’s agricultural economy makes farmers dependent on commission agents. These agents trap the farmers in a vicious circle of indebtedness. Based on a field survey, this study locates the commission agent system in Punjab’s agriculture set-up and recommends reframing it in order to extricate farmers from the clutches of these agents.
Sukhpal Singh (sukhpalpau@yahoo.com) is the head of the Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and Shruti Bhogal (shrutibhogal@gmail.com) is a research fellow in the same department.
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