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S.No. Before Reforms After Reforms
7. Freedom to sell fruits This freedom is now
and vegetables outside of extended to all agri produce
APMC mandi existed in and all over the country
some states
8. Small land holders did not Empowered to access
have scale and bargaining modern input, services and
power in input and output protection against price risk
markets Farmer Producer
Organisations help small
farmers’ organise for better
bargaining power
9. Contract farming Contract farming now
restricted only to some nationally enabled and on
pockets terms favourable to farmers

10. Farmers not part of value Farmers will now be
chains partners in value chain

11. Exports getting Export competitiveness
uncompetitive due to long will increase and benefit
chain of intermediaries farmers
and poor logistics

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