The New and Changing Roles of Cold Storages in the Potato Supply Chain in Bihar

Bart Minten (), Thomas Reardon, Krishna Singh and Rajib Sutradhar

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Abstract: There have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of modern cold storages in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India and an area where smallholders dominate. These investments have been triggered by market reform, investment subsidies, and better overall public service provision and governance. Almost all potato farmers, small and large, participate in cold storages, the availability of cold storages is associated with improved efficiency in value chains because of lower wastages, and a number of these cold storages have become involved in input, output, and especially credit markets. The increasing availability of modern cold storages has therefore led to important changes in potato value chains, with significant implications for smallholders.

Keywords: Agri-food; Value chains; Cold storages; Bihar; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 O13 O33 O38 Q13 Q16 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-08-23, Revised 2014-09-14
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Published in Economic and Political Weekly XLIX.52(2014): pp. 98-108

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