Why Technology is a Second Order Priority *Right Now* in Indian Agriculture?

In Which I Argue that Agricultural Markets Come First, Followed by Technology. Not the other way.

Editor’s Note 1: I have no editor.

Editor’s Note 2: This essay owes a lot to the wonderful fieldwork and research conducted by Mekhala Krishnamurthy. Her research paper, A Study of Agricultural Markets of Bihar, Odisha, and Punjab, was deeply helpful in putting this essay together.

Editor’s Note 3: This essay owes a lot to invigorating conversations I ha…