tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081375376975563520.post4110044097667575536..comments2024-03-28T11:54:44.203+05:30Comments on Hari Batti's Green Light Dhaba: Good News Bad News: Farmers, Freedom, and the Dhaba's first Used-Book Give-away!Hari Battihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789125444941418973noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081375376975563520.post-55879576384705169142010-03-02T16:42:20.743+05:302010-03-02T16:42:20.743+05:30@Bhagwad, I think it is really, really important t...@Bhagwad, I think it is really, really important to figure this out--but I don't pretend to have done that. Let's hope some very smart people are working on it! One lesson I got from Kaveri Gill's book on the plastic recycling industry is that when you really do a thorough analysis of the steps in a supply chain, you often find that the people in the middle do valuable work; they move things around, manage risk in volatile markets, etc. The "food chain" is not the same as the post-consumer plastic chain, but to really figure it out, you'd need to do more than send a reporter to the wholesale market for a day. I think Sainath's point is that we need to be careful of who we scapegoat for what. The fellow with a vegetable cart takes a much smaller cut than the big retail markets that would like to replace him, for example. Nice to see you!Hari Battihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789125444941418973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081375376975563520.post-58577099930205036422010-03-02T16:27:40.959+05:302010-03-02T16:27:40.959+05:30I think I agree that the more middlemen there are,...I think I agree that the more middlemen there are, the worse off the industry is as a whole with higher prices for consumers and possible fleecing of the farmer.<br /><br />I don't know much about food distribution in India though. But perhaps one good thing about the recent bout of inflation is that it will force the government to take steps to remove inefficiencies in the supply chain...Bhagwad Jal Parkhttp://www.bhagwad.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081375376975563520.post-76306330721470067792010-03-02T08:31:54.497+05:302010-03-02T08:31:54.497+05:30Not the only, but the most serious and the first!Not the only, but the most serious and the first!Hari Battihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789125444941418973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6081375376975563520.post-40720695450633285272010-03-02T08:21:34.571+05:302010-03-02T08:21:34.571+05:30please tell me i wasn't the only one! (and tha...please tell me i wasn't the only one! (and thanks!)Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com