PRIORITIZATION FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION (PME) OF AGRIBUSINESS PROJECTS

S. VIJAYACHANDRA REDDY¹, CHIDANAND PATIL², B.S. REDDY³*
¹Department of Agricultural Economics, Agriculture College, Kalaburagi, 585101, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, 584 104, Karnataka, India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, Agriculture College, Kalaburagi, 585101, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, 584 104, Karnataka, India
³Department of Applied Agriculture, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 151001, Punjab, India
* Corresponding Author : vjay.economics@gmail.com

Received : 21-03-2018     Accepted : 06-07-2018     Published : 15-07-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 13       Pages : 6518 - 6523
Int J Agr Sci 10.13 (2018):6518-6523

Keywords : Agribusiness, Food processing Industry
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 151001, Punjab, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Agribusiness is the key for sustainable development in agriculture. The growth of both agriculture growth and industrialization can be achieved from Agribusiness enterprises alone. Agriculture continues to support numerous downstream linkages with industry by becoming a supplier of vital industrial raw material. Due to higher dependency on agriculture country such as India will be always associated potential economic growth for Food processing Industry, which will establish better linkages between end user and agriculture. Government also has accorded a high priority to the sector and has provided many fiscal incentives.

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