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The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. [1] [2] [3] The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries.
Central Warehousing Corporation is a statutory body which was established under ‘The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962. It is a public warehouse operator established by the Government of India in 1957 to provide logistics support to the agricultural sector. It operates 422 warehouses across India with a storage capacity of 10 million tonnes.
The wholesaler may also perform storage and warehousing functions, as well as allowing economies of scale to be obtained in the transportation of produce from farm to market. The people involved in wholesaling can act simply as merchants, buying and selling produce, can be brokers dealing in orders rather than goods, or can be commission agents.
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study [1] of value chains in agriculture [2] and in the bio-economy, [3] in which case it is also called bio-business [4] [5] or bio-enterprise.
A warehouse can be defined functionally as a building in which to store bulk produce or goods (wares) for commercial purposes. The built form of warehouse structures throughout time depends on many contexts: materials, technologies, sites, and cultures. The entrance to a warehouse (the Horrea Epagathiana) in Ostia, an ancient Roman city
StarAgri is an India based agricultural marketing company providing warehousing, procurement and Collateral Management of Agri-Commodities. StarAgri was established in April 2006 by former ICICI Bank associates and has a presence at 190 locations across 16 Indian states. [2]
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Development of agricultural output of South Africa in 2015 US$ since 1961 A windpump on a farm in South Africa.. Agriculture in South Africa contributes around 5% of formal employment, relatively low compared to other parts of Africa and the number is still decreasing, [1] as well as providing work for casual laborers and contributing around 2.6 percent of GDP for the nation. [2]