Ghayur Alam and Deepti Verma

Centre for Sustainable Development

As in other developing countries, India's retail food sector is undergoing major changes. Although their implications are being widely debated, very little empirical information to assess the impact of these changes is available. This study is aimed at filling some of the gaps; it examines a vegetable supply chain in the Indian state of Uttarakhand in order to understand the functioning of food markets involving both small-scale farmers and a large retailer.