# Taking warehousing to the farmgate - The HinduBusinessLine

> An interview with Arya, an Indian post-harvest firm, looks at how farmers store grain on the farm rather than selling at harvest. About one-third of India's 300 million tonnes of grain reaches traditional mandis. Farmers often sell at lower prices when fresh arrivals flood the market.

- Date: 2021-07-03 · published 2021-07-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12907-taking-warehousing-to-the-farmgate-the-hindubusinessline
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Farm-level storage can reduce harvest-time price pressure and smooth Indian grain marketing. The effect on global commodity prices is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-07-31 | [Virus slows Indian rice exports; heavy flooding hits Bangladesh - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52087-virus-slows-indian-rice-exports-heavy-flooding-hits-bangladesh-the.md) | -0.5% | +9.4% |
| RICE | 2019-09-01 | [With rice harvest looming, warehouse space grows scarce - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57147-with-rice-harvest-looming-warehouse-space-grows-scarce-businessworld-online.md) | +0.1% | +3.0% |
| RICE | 2020-04-01 | [Farm exports take a dip due to Covid-19 scare, may take months to recover \| Economy & Policy News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53620-farm-exports-take-a-dip-due-to-covid-19-scare-may-take-months-to-recover.md) | +2.2% | +28.3% |
| RICE | 2024-06-14 | [High shipping costs dent Vietnam's rice prices - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29840-high-shipping-costs-dent-vietnam-s-rice-prices-businessworld-online.md) | -1.9% | -20.7% |
| RICE | 2020-05-09 | [Rice exports to Bangladesh via West Bengal likely to begin soon \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53103-rice-exports-to-bangladesh-via-west-bengal-likely-to-begin-soon-the-business.md) | -4.1% | +14.2% |

## Sources

- thehindubusinessline.com: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/audio/taking-warehousing-to-the-farmgate/article35118682.ece

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