Mention some obstacles that hinder the mechanism of agricultural marketing.

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Some obstacles that hinder the mechanism of agricultural marketing are:

1. Farmers suffer from faulty weighing and manipulation of accounts while selling their produce to traders.

2. Due to lack of information about prevailing market prices, farmers are forced to sell their produce at lower prices.

3. Farmers lack proper storage facilities to store their produce for sale at a better price later.

4. In the absence of adequate institutional credit, farmers fall into the clutches of moneylenders and traders, who exploit them.