Rural and Agricultural Marketing: Amity Business School

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Amity Business School

RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL


MARKETING

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• Rural Marketing ,Corporate view


• Functions that manages
» Assessing purchasing power
» Stimulating purchasing power
» Converting purchasing power
» Create satisfaction
» Better standard of living
» Achieving organizational goals

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Problems in Rural Marketing Amity Business School

Lack of proper communication facilities: Over 2 lakh villages in


the country have no access to telephone
Transport: Many rural areas are not connected with rail
transport. 50% of the rural roads are poorly surfaced.
Many languages and Dialects: Even though the recognized
languages are 16, the dialects are estimated to be around 850
Highly dispersed market: Seven Indian states account for 76% of
the countries rural retail outlets.
Low per capita income: Even though about 33-35% of GDP is
generated in the rural areas it is shared by 74% of the population.

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Low level of Literacy: Because of this reason print medium


becomes ineffective
Choice of brands is less:

Challenges in Rural Marketing

1. Generic Competition
2. Competition with the Unorganised sector
3. Entry into the market.
4. Meeting the challenges created by competitor

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Going Rural Amity Business School

• Urban Push factors


• Competition and Saturation in Urban markets
• Changing Lifestyles
• Rural Pull factors
• Rising Affordability
• Growing acceptance
• Increasing demand for products
• Purchase upgrades

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Some impressive facts about the rural sector
There are 42,000 rural supermarkets (haats) in India that exceed
the total no. of retail chain stores in the US (35,000)
Of the 20 lakh BSNL mobile phone connections, 50% are in
small towns and villages.
In 2001-02, the LIC sold 55% of its policies in rural India
Of the 2 crore who signed up for Rediffmail, 60% are from small
towns.
Internet access in semi urban and rural areas has increased
though the ‘Sanchar Dhabas’ of BSNL, operating in 3,617 out of
6,332 blocks in the country
41 million Kisan Credit Cards issued in rural India exceed the 40
million credit plus debit Pooja
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Rural Market Structure Amity Business School

• Demographic Environment
» Population
» Education
» Household pattern
» Rural housing pattern
» Occupational Pattern

• Physical Environment
» Scattered and Clustered

• Economic environment
» Per Capita income
» Saving Pattern

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• Social and Cultural Environment


» Village community
» Caste system

• Political Environment
• Technological environment

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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
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OUTPUT
INPUT MARKETING
MARKETING

CONSUMABLE DURABLE
INPUTS INPUTS
Fertilizers Tractors
Seeds Transportation equipments
Feed Farm animals
Packing Materials

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Challenges in marketing of agricultural inputs


• Numerous intermediaries
• Lack of adequate infrastructural support
• Absence of structured network for informational flow
• Dependence of environment
• Sharp fluctuation in prices
• Lack of pest control
• Fragmented landholdings

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Framework for Market for Inputs
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• Agronomic Potential
• Agro-economic Potential
• Effective Demand
• Actual Consumption

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Transactional Vs Development Amity
marketing
Business School

Concept Consumer Social orientation


Orientation
Role Stimulating & Catalytic &
conversion transformational
agent
Focus Product market fit Social change
Nature of activity Commercial Socio-cultural

Key task Product innovation Social innovation


& communication

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Transactional Vs Development Amity
marketing
Business School

Concept Consumer Social orientation


Orientation
Participants Corporate Government
agencies voluntary
agencies
Communication Functional Developmental
Goal

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RURAL Vs URBAN MARKETING
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Urban Rural

Philosophy Integrated innovative Development with


relationship inclusive growth

Views About Buyer looks for style, Looks for quality


Customers novelty and quality products

Development Limited to CSR Partnering with


Strategy NGOs and private
organizations

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Rural Vs Urban Marketing
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• Approaches by Marketers

• Trickle down approach


– Rural householder buys his wares from nearby town
– Urban culture approximates to the culture of the west at
aspiration level. Similarly rural culture come closes to
urban one.
– Paradigms and tools of urban market can be extended to
rural areas
• Undifferentiated approach
• Differentiated approach
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Integrated-Innovative –Inclusive Amity Business School

Approach
4P’s Urban sales
(Urban)

TRICKLE
DOWN
Rural Market IMAGE
Development

4P’s Rural Sales


(Rural)

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Phases of Rural Marketing Amity Business School

• Phase -I

Time Nature Major Source Target


Period products market Market

From Agricultural Agricultural Rural Urban


Independence Marketing
to Green
Revolution

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Phases of Rural Marketing Amity Business School

• Phase -II

Time Nature Major Source Target


Period products market Market

Green Marketing of Agricultural Urban Rural


Revolution to Agri Inputs
pre-
liberalization
period

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Phases of Rural Marketing Amity Business School

• Phase -III

Time Nature Major Source Target


Period products market Market

Post- Rural Consumables Urban and Rural


liberalization Marketing and durables Rural
period in 20 for
century consumption
and production

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• Undifferentiated Approach
– Same Strategies can be use to attract both markets.
– Rural markets can be attracted to buy the products offered to
urban consumer by making them available to at nearest point of
purchase.

– Suitability: This approach was adopted by FMCG


companies offering products to middle and lower end
markets.

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Phases of Rural Marketing Amity Business School

• Phase -IV

Time Nature Major Source Target


Period products market Market

From Agricultural Agricultural Rural Urban


Independence Marketing
to Green
Revolution

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