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Anjani Kumar is Research Fellow in the South Asia Office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), New Delhi, India. His current research interests include agricultural trade, food safety, contract farming, food and nutrition security, agricultural growth and institutional innovations in agricultural production and marketing.

Devesh Roy is Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division of IFPRI, New Delhi, India. He received PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park (2004). His current research interests are international trade, environment, firm farm linkages and food safety.

Gaurav Tripathi is Research Analyst in the South Asia Office of IFPRI, New Delhi, India. He did Masters in Business Administration from University of Lucknow (1997). His current research interest includes value chain analysis and contract farming in agriculture.

P.K. Joshi is Director of the South Asia Office of IFPRI, New Delhi, India. He holds a master’s degree and PhD in Agricultural Economics from the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India. His research interests include technology policy, market and institutional economics.

Rajendra P. Adhikari is Research Fellow in Value Chain Management at University of Tasmania, Australia, and former Joint Secretary of the Nepal Ministry of Agricultural Development. He completed PhD in 2013 and Master of Agribusiness in 2006 from the University of Queensland, Australia. His current research interests include value chain analysis, supply/value chain management and agribusiness.