GS3 · Topic
Agricultural Marketing
Storage, transport and sale of produce: APMC and mandis, eNAM, contract farming, post-harvest loss, price realisation.
109 UPSC Mains GS3 questions on Agricultural Marketing that toppers answered in test series, CSE 2017–2025, most answered first. Open one to see how toppers opened, built and closed it.
'In absence of innovations, the productivity of agriculture has remained stagnant in India'. Discuss e-technology related interventions taken so far to make farming remunerative.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2018
Agri-technologyAgricultural Marketing
Evaluate why horticulture remains an understated contributor to India's agriculture. Discuss government measures that could enhance its global market share and address current challenges. (10M)
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Crops and Cropping PatternsAgricultural Marketing
Indian agriculture despite employing 45% population, accounts only 20% to GDP due to low diversification and orientation towards crops like pulses.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Crops and Cropping PatternsAgricultural Marketing
Despite being one of the strongest growth engines of the Indian economy, there are certain upstream and downstream issues ailing the growth of food processing industries in India. Discuss. Suggest measures to strengthen the overall growth of food processing industries in India.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Food ProcessingAgricultural Marketing
Discuss the need for Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and their potential to transform Indian agriculture. Highlight the challenges faced by FPOs and the initiatives undertaken by the government to promote them.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Agricultural MarketingInclusive Growth
Food Corporation of India is central to food security in India, but to become an agency for innovations in Food Management System it needs to overhaul its operations and modernise its storage. Comment.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2022
Food Security and PDSAgricultural Marketing
Discuss the importance of the horticulture sector in India and mention the challenges faced by it. Also, suggest measures to improve the sector.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Crops and Cropping PatternsFood Processing
Promoting crop diversification towards oilseeds, pulses, and horticulture requires addressing critical issues. Discuss.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Crops and Cropping PatternsSubsidies and MSP
Examine the pattern and trend of agricultural exports of India. In this context, explain how India can improve its global competitiveness in agricultural exports.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper
Agricultural MarketingTrade and Foreign Investment
What do you understand by Farmers Producer Organisations (FPO's)? Throwing light upon the various challenges faced by the FPOs, suggest measures to ameliorate the same.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper
Agricultural MarketingCrops and Cropping Patterns
Despite being one of the largest agricultural producers in the world, India ranks much lower in terms of agricultural exports. In this context, address the issues faced in agricultural growth with special focus on the problem of post-harvest losses in India.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Food ProcessingAgricultural Marketing
Availability of adequate storage infrastructure has a direct bearing on agricultural yield and farmer's income. Comment. In this context, discuss the measures that can be undertaken to enhance India's agriculture storage capacity.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Agricultural MarketingInfrastructure
Discuss the role of technological innovations in addressing the challenges faced by Indian agriculture.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Agri-technologyCrops and Cropping Patterns
Examine the significance of pulses in ensuring dietary diversity, soil health, and sustainable agriculture. What challenges do farmers face in terms of production and marketing of these crops?
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper
Crops and Cropping PatternsAgricultural Marketing
Examine the role of 'Agri-Tech' in the penetration of technology in the agricultural sector. Discuss the challenges and the Government's initiatives in this regard.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Agri-technologyAgricultural Marketing
A link between unorganized farming community and formal industrial sector, FPI can play a key role in advancing the rural economy. Evaluate.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Food ProcessingAgricultural Marketing
Aatmanirbar Bharat Abhiyan in the agriculture sector is a step towards the transformation of agriculture into sustainable enterprises'. Clarify it.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Agricultural MarketingIndustrial Policy and Liberalisation
Discuss how the India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA) will help the government in increasing farmers' income and improving efficiency of the agriculture sector as a whole. Also, state the associated concerns.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Agri-technologyInclusive Growth
"India's heavy reliance on imported edible oils, stemming from multiple factors, calls for a comprehensive approach to boost domestic production and reduce this dependency." Elaborate.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Crops and Cropping PatternsAgricultural Marketing
Contract Farming has many advantages, however it suffers from market failures. Elaborate. What can the government do to correct problems that lead to contract failures? Also, discuss whether the Model Contract Farming Act, 2018 is a step in the right direction.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2019
Agricultural Marketing
There is Dichotomy between food price rise and diminishing returns to farmers due to challenges of agricultural marketing and logistics. Substantiate, along with suggesting measures to correct the observed imbalance.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2018
Agricultural MarketingFood Processing
Agrarian reform is an important tool of socio-economic change in India. In this regard, how could Farmer producers' organizations (FPOs) be a solution to the agrarian distress and help modernize Indian agriculture.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Agricultural MarketingAgri-technology
Analyse the opportunities for enhancing agricultural exports from India and the challenges impeding their growth. Also, suggest measures needed for a stable and effective Agri-export policy in India.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Agricultural MarketingFood Processing
Discuss the need for a new export-import policy for Indian agriculture.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Agricultural MarketingTrade and Foreign Investment
Extending legal guarantees for MSP accelerated the agri crisis in India. Discuss
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2021
Subsidies and MSPAgricultural Marketing
Despite pulses providing dual benefits of nutritional security and sustaining agricultural production systems, India has not been able to achieve self-sufficiency in their production. Discuss.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Crops and Cropping PatternsSubsidies and MSP
The utility of APMCs is not lost despite a plethora of limitations. Discuss and recommend corrective measures for overhauling the APMCs.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper
Agricultural Marketing
Despite being major contributor to Indian economy, agri sector is plagued by several constraints, that impede its growth and dev. Discuss role of tech in overcoming these constraints.
Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2023
Agri-technologyCrops and Cropping Patterns
Food processing industry provides a vital link between the two pillars of the economy, i.e. agriculture and industry. In view of this, examine the constraints faced by the agri-food supply chain system in India. Suggest suitable solutions as well.
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Food ProcessingAgricultural Marketing
Bring out the issues associated with the highly inefficient grain management system in India. What can be done to make it more targeted, and cost-saving?
15 marks · 250 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2024
Food Security and PDSAgricultural Marketing