Role and importance of public private partnerships in agricultural value chain and infrastructure

Abstract

Changing consumer demand preferences, increasing concern for food safety, traceability and assured year-round availability of quality agri produce at reasonable prices at the top of the supply chain has changed agricultural landscape. Agri infrastructure at different levels of agri value chain is key to a vibrant and competitive agriculture and agro industrial sector. Public Private Partnerships could be a useful tool to accelerate development in various areas of agribusiness and infrastructure. The paper discusses the examples of such PPP initiatives in India at various levels of agri value chain such as crop diversification, farmer group formation, marketing Infrastructure, contract farming and provision of agricultural services etc. With government's commitment to investment in agricultural infrastructure and an emerging market for global trade as well as experimentation with new forms of infrastructure-financing and contracting, there are many opportunities to broaden the role of the private sector in infrastructure for agricultural development through PPP models.

A Review on Policy Gaps of Agriculture Research and Development (R&D) in India and Their Effect on Agriculture Stakeholders

“…Most important is to generate awareness among farmers and stakeholders relevant to their services, rights, making them aware of the positive aspects of PPP and demonstrating the complete transparent paradigm protocol to them. Marbaniang et al [36] has demonstrated an articulate picture of the various PPP models with appropriate role of public and private sectors in agriculture R&D using the source from Shukla et al [44]. We have demonstrated it pictorially in Fig.…”

“…From Fig.8, we find that each model signifies the aim of the project with specific role of each member of the consortium from design, project building, management, finance, land leasing authorities, sharing risks and profits to technology transfer. Before furnishing any PPP project, appropriate paradigm protocol with transparent line chain describing rights and duties of each participant should be well defined and planned under secured legal documents[44,45]. It will not only provide security to the stakeholders but will also make them enthusiastic to give their inputs.…”

Review on public private partnership in agriculture supply chain: A step towards sustainable agriculture supply chain

“…Private sector participation entails investments aimed at establishing cutting-edge infrastructure, while the public sector offers policy support and fosters an investmentfriendly environment. Public-private partnerships could be a useful tool to accelerate development in various areas of agribusiness and infrastructure (R Shukla 2016) [15] .…”

“…These difficulties have an impact on farmers' livelihoods and the sector's overall expansion. Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the agricultural supply chain have the potential to enhance food safety, traceability, and year-round availability of quality produce at reasonable prices (Shukla, 2016) [15] . These partnerships can also help smallholders meet stringent food safety requirements and remain competitive in developed country markets (Narrod, 2009) [12] .…”

Partnerships and Extension: Evidence from India

“…The WeF and McKinsey (2013) observed that agri-PPPs could modernise the agriculture sector and deliver multiple benefits that can contribute to the pursuit of sustainable agricultural development, including among smallholding farmers. Ponnusamy (2013) indicated that PPPs are among the best proven strategies for achieving specific goals within a time frame, particularly for modernising public services, developing agricultural infrastructure, and offering extension services. reasons for the evolution of PPPs in various fields include the lack of facilities, human resources, and time.…”