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The main economic project benefits are expected to come from
(a) increases in the area under production and crop productivity through
improved irrigations systems and farmers’ adoption of climate-resilient
technologies; (b) diversification from food grains into climate-adaptive,
higher-value agriculture; and (c) improved postharvest management, value
addition, and marketing. In addition to the increases in productivity and
production of higher-value crops, it is expected that establishing PGs and
facilitating private sector links will lead to increased incomes of
beneficiaries due to (a) higher prices for the agricultural produce through
better aggregation and new market channels, also resulting from improved market
information; (b) potentially reduced input prices resulting from procurement by
the PGs in bulk; and (c) increased value addition through CSCs established by
the PGs for postharvest activities, including aggregation, cleaning, grading,
sorting, and processing.
