Consultants on Hire - for contract farming - I am beginning to understand that after the levelling out of the growth incline in the returns from software development and global outsourcing, the next big opportunity for Indian management consultants is going to be in, gently easing the entry of big players into the large scale corporate farming scenario of Indian agriculture. Management experts have already realized that information regaring Special Economic Zones (SEZ) is too freely available from the Indian government for them to be able to make really meaty consultancy killings.
Moreover, the Indian IT and Communications ministry have become a bit toooo transparent. And of course do not forget the RTI Act. But Agriculture and food, guys, this is one big Gulag Archipelago. Everything hidden, nobody really knows how decisions are made, and who makes the decisions and who endorses them from behind the scenes.
Guys, the next BIG thing is certainly going to be Contract Farming. I am willing to offer my services to all those bright Indian management grads who are looking to find their niche marketing or management consultancy opportunity in helping multi national food chains swoop in on the Indian contract farming scene. If there are any takers, keep watching this blog, this is certainly going to be the definitive blog for all the wannabe Indian contract farming consultants to get their NEXT GREAT ideas from. The politicians are still sleeping, in fact, the smarter ones are reading up all the persuasive arguments on trade liberalization in agriculture and agri food industry - and biding their time before those streams of mega consultancy dollars start arriving on their doorsteps or rather - back yards.
So guys, if any of you know the back doors of the Agriculture and Commerce ministry, you would be knowing that the "mantra" of dismantling FCI, state procurement et al is soon going to change into "Second Green Revolution" rhetoric.
Start reading up your Trade liberalization documents and making the right contacts in the Indian ministries. Big time consultancy is gonna be here soon.