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Cassava is a staple food crop cultivated in several developing countries, largely by small farmers. It is a source of subsistence and of cash income to poor farmers as well as a source of rural employment, particularly of women.

Agricultural price policies and allied instruments evolved in India in the context of shortages and excess demand during World War II (India 1975).

Government interventions in foodgrain markets have existed in India in one form or another for about four decades, starting during the Second World War.