BMBAB208

Rural & Agricultural Marketing

L-T-P2-0-0 Credits2 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MBA Agribusiness Management · Sem 2 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units
Unit1

Unit 1

Concept and Scope of Rural Marketing : Nature and Characteristics of Rural Markets, Potential of Rural Markets in India, Rural Communication and Distribution. Scope of Agriculture Marketing, Difference in Marketing of Agricultural and Manufactured Goods.

Unit2

Unit 2

Environmental Factors - Socio-Cultural, Economic, Demographic, Technological and Other Environmental Factors Affecting Rural Marketing.

Unit3

Unit 3: Rural consumer’s Behavior - behavior of rural consumers and farmers; buyer characteristics

and buying behavior; Rural v/s urban markets, customer relationship management, rural market research.

Unit4

Unit 4: Rural Marketing Strategy - Marketing of consumer durable and non-durable goods and

services in the rural markets with special reference to product planning; product mix, pricing Course Objective, pricing policy and pricing strategy, distribution strategy.

Unit5

Unit 5

Promotion and Communication Strategy - Media planning, planning of distribution channels, and organizing personal selling in rural market in India, innovation in rural marketing. Marketing of various agricultural products in India

Course Objectives3 points
  • To develop understanding regarding issues in rural markets like marketing environment,
  • Understanding consumer behaviour, distribution channels and business strategy in rural marketing
  • To apply the learning for effective marketing of agricultural products

Suggested Readings

  1. Krishnamacharyulu C & Ramakrishan L. 2002. Rural Marketing. Pearson Edu.
  2. Ramaswamy VS & Nanakumari S. 2006. Marketing Management. 3rd Ed. MacMillan Publ.
  3. Singh AK & Pandey S. 2005. Rural Marketing. New Age.
  4. Singh Sukhpal. 2004. Rural Marketing. Vikas Publ. House.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 37 of the original AKTU PDF.

Official AKTU syllabus PDF ↗