Agribusinessprovides inputs to the production agriculturist (farmer), and the productionagricultural produce food, fiber and by products.
Input agribusinesses providefarmers with supplies and equipment needed to produce and protect their crops.Many provide services to such as credit, insurance and information. The outputis taken by output agribusiness firms that process, market, and distribute theagricultural products (see Figure 1). Discussion Thispaper aims to let the people that had read/ listen during the discussion thathad been done by the group 1 about the topic Growth and Development ofAgribusiness to understand where it started and how agribusiness come to engagewith agriculture. Figureone which shows the Over view of the Agribusiness system, illustrates howagriculture is being merge with agribusiness. It is merging in a way that theAgribusiness is the one that helps to provide the Agriculturist (farmers) withthe materials, equipment’s and other stuff needed in farming activities. AlsoAgribusiness helps the farmers to disseminate/ sell their products in a waythat it would be beneficial to the farmers and to the consumers buying theirproducts. The Line of Gandhi (2014) that says: “This isimportant not only to understand what the origins and causes of agribusinessgrowth are, but also the likely direction of future changes”.
This veryimportant because of if we only thinks about today then we cannot predict norforecast what will happen to the future demand and whether if we are able tocope up to the supply and demand gap by the logarithmic increasing population.The inflation of price must be studied also in order to balance the economy andfor the sake of the people not only for their want but also for their dailyliving. The majordrivers can be identified as:• Scarcity of Land and the Needto Improve Productivities – Thisportion is considered as a major driver since if the their will be enough landto be utilized in agriculture then there will be enough food to be produce andat the same time lots of people will have employment.• Markets, Urbanisation andIncreasing Commercialisation of Agriculture – Ifagriculture would be commercialized then lots people will realize the potentialproduction of good quality products and then agricultural sector will rise.• Need for Change in Scale andReorganisation of Production and Marketing – Therewill be variation on the production goods and services on the field ofagriculture and also it will help in restructuring the marketing of countrieseconomy.• Economic Liberalisation,Reducing Government Involvement, Income Growth, WTO and Trade – Atthis portion the economist of the country will have its own right to decide onits own without the involvement of to many government officials, and there willbe an increase in trade like exporting and importing of goods that will lead tothe growth/ increase of income.• Changing Food ConsumptionPattern and Demand for Quality and Convenience – Therewill be a change in the food consumption of the people due to the commercializationof agriculture and at the same time it will help in the increase in demand bythe people knowing the quality of the products they are consuming.
• Development of the RuralEconomy, Infrastructure, Rural-Urban Migration, and Globalisation – Therewill be a change in the rural area of the countries especially those withagricultural sector on it. The agricultural area in rural portions of thecountry will be improved.• Information and CommunicationTechnology Revolution.
– Therewill be an information dissemination all over the country and technologicalagriculture will be introduced to the people especially to the farmers. REFERENCES Gandhi, Vasant P. (2014), Growthand Transformation of theAgribusiness Sector: Drivers, Models and Challenges.Retrieved from: https://ageconsearch. umn.edu/bitstream/206364/2/Gandhi69_1.pdf