Financing Agriculture Value Chains in India

PART A: Agriculture Value Chain Financing: Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 1. Financing Agricultural Value Chains: An Overview of Issues, Lessons Leant and Policy Implications.- Chapter 2. Elements of Agriculture Value Chain Financing.- Chapter 3. Different Models of Financing Small Farmers' Agricultural Value Chains.- PART B: Agriculture Value Chain Financing in Case of Select Commodities.- Chapter 4. Efficiency, Inclusiveness and Financing of Dairy Value Chains in India.- Chapter 5. Smallholder Participation in Supermarket Driven Agri-food Supply Chain: A Case Study of Reliance Fresh.- Chapter 6. Supermarkets and Small Farmers: A Case Study of Reliance Fresh in Punjab.- Chapter 7. Value Chain Analysis of Tomato Marketing Systems in Karnataka.- Chapter 8. Value Chain Analysis of Dry Fish in North East Region of India.- Chapter 9. Broiler Value Chain Model for Empowerment of Poor Tribal Women: A Case Study from Jharkhand.- Chapter 10. Strengthening Value Chain of Compound Cattle Feed.-Chapter 11. Potato Value Chain Analysis in Selected States: Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.- PART C: Institutional Framework for Agriculture Value Chain Financing.- Chapter 12. Elements of a National Common Agricultural Market.- Chapter 13. Optimal Institutional Architecture of Farmer Producer Organizations for Sustainable Value Creation for Small Farmers.- Chapter 14. Impact of Market Reforms on Integration of Food Markets in India.

Gyanendra Mani is currently the general manager and officer In-charge of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Arunachal Pradesh Regional Office (RO). He has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. He has conducted about 40 studies on behalf of the NABARD and published around 40 articles/research papers in Indian and International journals. He has handled several consultancy projects on behalf of the NABARD including 'Evaluation of SGSY Scheme' for the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (GOI). He also conceived the idea of and launched the 'THE MICROFINANCE REVIEW' Journal on behalf of the Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow and was its managing editor from 2009 to 2015. As faculty of BIRD, he conducted two exposure visits of senior bankers to Israel and Netherlands. He is also a National Resource Person for the 'Design of Training' programme being conducted by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India.