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Measures initiated by the government to improve agricultural marketing are as follows:

1. Regulation of market is required to create orderly and transparent marketing conditions. In regulated markets, sale and purchase of the produce is checked by the Market Committee consisting of representatives of government, farmers and the traders.
2. Improvement in physical infrastructure is to improve the agricultural marketing. As the current existing facilities such as roads, railways, warehouses, processing units are not sufficient to meet the growing demand. Hence, government ensures the improvement in physical infrastructure.
3. Cooperative marketing is the measure taken by the government in realising the fair prices for farmer products. Farmers, as members of these societies, bargain well for better prices for their produce through collective sale.
4. The supportive policy instrument are assurance of Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for agricultural products, maintenance of buffer stocks of wheat and rice by Food Corporation of India (FCI) and distribution of food grains and sugar through Public Distribution System (PDS).