This staggering loss has affected India's agri business Sustainable supply chains needed to link farmer to marketing centres The decline in the farm sector will hit the food and Grocery retail sector too. It is estimated that the growth rate in the food and Grocery retail sector will dip to 8.8 per cent during 2009-10 from 9.5 per cent during 2008-09. The food and Grocery retail sector is worth Rs. 10.24 lakh crore....

Spiralling prices of pulses have shown India’s dependence on imports. Pulses are integral to India’s diet but not its food policy. As a result, supply cannot meet demand. What are the consequences and solutions? Surendra Nath has switched to eating grass-pea, though he knows it is not good for health. But so is tobacco, he argues. He cannot do without pulses and pigeon-pea selling at Rs 100 a kg is beyond...