Go against the grain: Open markets fetched lower prices than MSP

Analysis of 2019 study shows clear decline in the dominance of APMCs and rise of local traders in agricultural marketing

An average Indian farmer got way less than the minimum support price (MSP) after selling major crops in the markets in 2019, reveals a Business Standard analysis of the data from the national survey on India’s farm households. More importantly, a few crops had fetched a higher price than the MSP, back in 2013. 
 
In the same six-year period, farmers dialled local traders in private unregulated markets more frequently than before, and accessed agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) mandis to a lesser degree to sell their produce, shows the survey data. This suggests that embracing the open market gave farmers a remuneration