India's agrifood system: Structural features and policy priorities

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dc.creatorPal, Barun Deb
dc.creatorPauw, Karl
dc.creatorBathla, Seema
dc.date2025-12
dc.date2025-11-21T17:05:10Z
dc.date2025-11-21T17:05:10Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:43:52Z
dc.descriptionAgrifood systems contribute one-third of India’s gross domestic product (GDP). These systems include both on- and off-farm components: The off-farm sector accounts for 34 percent of agrifood systems GDP in low-income states, 44 percent in middle-income states, and 88 percent in high-income states. • Agrifood systems transformation is critical to meeting development goals, but these goals cannot all be met by prioritizing a single value chain. A more pragmatic strategy involves selecting a portfolio of complementary value chains to support multiple development priorities. • Using IFPRI’s Rural Investment and Policy Analysis model, this chapter examines simulated impacts of productivity-led growth across 14 value chains at the national and state levels, with a focus on the state of Odisha. It measures how these impacts contribute to four development outcomes: poverty reduction, employment generation, dietary improvement, and economic growth. • Impacts from these value chains differ across India and Odisha: Nationally, wheat, rice, and pulses have the greatest impact, while in Odisha, poultry, milk, and cotton deliver stronger overall benefits. • National- and state-level development priorities often diverge, complicating resource allocation and slowing progress. Strengthening coordination between federal and state governments is critical for inclusive and sustainable agrifood system transformation.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/178089
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/113014
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcePal, Barun Deb; Pauw, Karl; and Bathla, Seema. 2025. India's agrifood system: Structural features and policy priorities. In The Agrifood System in South Asia: Pathways to Sustainable Healthy Diets, eds. Samuel Scott, Avinash Kishore, and Derek Headey. Chapter 11, pp. 100-108. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178089
dc.subjectagrifood systems
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectgross national product
dc.subjectmodelling
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.titleIndia's agrifood system: Structural features and policy priorities
dc.typeBook Chapter

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