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Agriculture has been a focus sector in Asian and African countries for decades, but the major attention was towards increasing production and productivity. In the current scenario, where the agriculture sector is growing at a remarkable rate, the need is to focus not only on increasing the production or productivity but also on promoting agri-business. The report draws attention on major agriculture sub-sectors of both the continents. It provides analysis of various sub-sectors in terms of production, demand and supply, export potential and processing capability. This in turn helps to identify various business and investment opportunities in the agriculture sector ...

Agric value chains of the Asian countries have many common features; at the production end rising number of small and fragmented farms is a major concern. Fragmentation of land leads to inefficient use of agric inputs ultimately leading to reduced output levels; high transaction cost and reduced bargaining power for the farmers. Involvement of large number of intermediaries in the value chain is another important feature. This results in the soaring of margins as the produce ascends the value chain and huge difference between the price paid to farmers and consumer price.Wastage of the agricultural produce is another feature of ...

An estimated one billion out of the global population of seven billion, go to bed hungry every day. And most of them live in Asia and Africa. The FAO has projected that global food production has to increase by 40 per cent by 2030 to keep pace with world food demand. This will require huge investments to improve and establish an effective food supply and overcome decades of under-investment in the agriculture sector. Though the problem of food security is well articulated and clearly defined in Asia and Africa, what is required is clear understanding of the issues that need ...