Dharma and Sankata of Markets for Smallholder Farmers in India

With due apologies for those who find the title boggling, here is a rough translation: What does it take to make markets work for smallholder farmers in India?

A couple of days ago, I virtually attended the launch of Samunnati’s Agri Startup Engagement Platform. Anilkumar SG, Founder and CEO, introduced Samunnati thus:

We are a value chain player. We work to make markets work for small holder farmers. That is the purpose of our existence.

Mind you, this is no easy task. If you’ve been following my blogs, you w…