16. Lack of Marketing and Storage Facilities

Lack of marketing and storage facilities and the role of brokers deprive the farmers to fetch remunerative prices for their agricultural products. Except a few states like Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh, marketing and storage facilities are inadequate. In greater part of the country, farmers are still at the mercy of unscrupulous traders and are easily exploited by secret brokerage, false weights and payment of inflated commissions. Moreover, due to lack of proper pricing policy, farmers fail to obtain fair price for their agricultural products.