Potato Traders in West Bengal: A Survey of Contractual Relations and Market Structure. IGC Working Paper

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2012
Country:
India
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Dilip Mookherjee, Motta, A., Pushkar Maitra, Mitra, S., Visaria, S.

Abstract

This report outlines a project which surveys a pilot survey of a random sub-set of phorias (middlemen) and larger traders who operate in 72 villages of West Medinipur and Hugli districts and their corresponding potato markets. The goal is to understand the nature of contractual relations between farmers and phorias on the one hand, and between phorias and wholesale traders that they sell to on the other hand.

Citation

Dilip Mookherjee; Sujata Visaria; Pushkar Maitra; Motta, A.; Sandip Mitra. Potato Traders in West Bengal: A Survey of Contractual Relations and Market Structure. IGC Working Paper. International Growth Centre (IGC), London, UK (2012) 19 pp.

Potato Traders in West Bengal: A Survey of Contractual Relations and Market Structure. IGC Working Paper

Published 1 January 2012
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