Sustainable farmers’ participation and agricultural markg system: A case study of Uttar Pradesh

The present study evaluated the farmer's participation in the agricultural market in terms of infrastructure, services and other amenities with the help of field survey in four mandis of Uttar Pradesh in 2017. The results revealed that participation of small and marginal farmers in general and households’ belonging to the bottom of social class, in particular, was low. The basic infrastructure in the mandis, as well as information services especially awareness in general, is poor, except in better graded mandis. The improvement in the above mentioned services were needed so that it could attract farmers from all sections irrespective of their social class and landholding size. This would help marginalized farmers to improve their income on a sustainable basis.