This book contains an inclusive dealing of Agricultural Marketing Trade and Prices with the topics utilized both comprehensive of graphical and table format. Unit 1 are dealt with Agricultural Marketing-Nature and Scope Unit 2: Marketing Functions, Pricing and Promotion strategies Unit 3: Marketing Efficiency and Marketing Institutions - CWC, SWC, FCI and DMI - their objectives and functions; cooperative marketing in India; Market Intelligence-Legal measures for improving agricultural marketing: APMC Act. New EXIM policy of India-Advantages of AEZs, ITPO, Export Promotion Councils, APEDA, MPEDA, and Commodity Boards.

Unit 4: Trade in Agricultural Products - Barriers to Trade: Tariff and non-tariff barriers-Trade policy instruments-Terms of Trade- Role of institutions like UNCTAD and GATT - WTO in promoting trade in agricultural products-Free Trade Agreements - AoA and its implications on Indian agriculture: Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary issues, Market Access, Domestic Support and Export Subsidies - IPR.

Unit 5: Agricultural Prices and Risk Analysis - Agricultural Prices and Policy: Meaning and functions of price; administered prices; need for agricultural price policy; Objectives of Price Policy and Price Stabilization-Role of CACP - Concept of MSP, FRP [SMP] and SAP-Price Parity-Procurement of food grains and buffer stock-Risk in marketing: Meaning and Importance-Types of risk in marketing: Speculation and Hedging and Forward and Futures trading; an overview of futures trading; Role of Contract Farming in risk mitigation.

Individual chapters are largely self-contained and the book is more suitable for instruction at a variety of levels depending on the precise needs of the teacher and the under graduate as well as post- graduate students in agriculture.