Activities and Determinants

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Activities and Determinants
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Production

• Assured prices
• Assured and adequate availability of inputs at
  subsidised prices
• Assured Irrigation
• Institutional credit availability
• Farm mechanisation

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Processing

• Mainly primary processing of rice and wheat
• Low processing and value addition in high value
  commodities like fruits and evegetables
• Milk processing 52 per cent of producton (26 in
  organised sector
• Fruits and vegetables for table purposes

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Distribution

• Well connectivity
• Well developed markets regulated by the Act
• Adequate transportation facilities
• Adequate storage
• No barter system except in agricultural labour
  families

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Accessibility

• Mainly Home production for wheat and rice
• Dependence on market for high value commodities
• For milk and milk products In rural areas home
  production, in urban areas from the market
• Availability is there, Income has grown to afford
  but not in all sections
• For pulses Dependence from outside Punjab
• Variability in prices in high value and even in
  wheat and rice
• Markets function well

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Utilization

• Consumption of protective foods like milk and
  milk products, meat, fruits and vegetables has
  gone up apart from cereals
• Food safety net for below poverty families is in
  place and functional
• Nutritional aspects for low income rural families
  need to be investigated