Why milk scores over other produce in fetching the farmer a better price

Almost 80% of the price an end-consumer pays comes into the hands of the milkman, due to the existence of fewer middlemen and the efficient manner in which it travels from farm to kitchen

As the debate rages on about the three new agricultural laws recently passed by the Parliament, the basic question is whether these will lead to any improvement in the incomes of the farmers, who are the primary and perhaps the most important stakeholders in the entire value chain.

Perhaps a look at some of the farm produce in which the grower gets the lion's share of what the consumer pays will throw up some answers, apart from shedding light on why these food items deliver better returns to the farmer, and why many other crops aren't able to deliver the