Sustainable Agricultural Business Model: Case Studies of Innovative Indian Farmers

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

 1.      Since the article focused on examining the sustainable agricultural business model (SABM) in India, the authors should first characterize the differences between SABM in India and other regions concerning social, cultural, and economics of scale, farming pattern, etc.

2.      In the introduction section, there is a lack of justification for the raised research question in the paper. 

3.      The Article needs to do a literature review to find a research gap to justify the novelty of the research and develop a concept of SABM that will use as a reference model for analyzing multiple case study results.

4.      Table 2 has to move into section 5 as a synthesis of multiple case studies and equipped by comparing the research results to the reference that examined a similar research topic.

5.      The end of the paper needs to elaborate on the research implication to theoretical development and managerial/policy practice.

6.      The Article has not offered the limitations or weaknesses of the research. There is an opportunity to be a bit more self-critical.  

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Reviewer 2 Report

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Reviewer 3 Report

Thi is interesting paper describing four business models of doing agricultural business in India. The Authors could better explain why these models are sustainable and certainly could better describe agricultural sector in India, which both are recommended for review and suplement.

Detailed remarks:

- line 22 – there is information of better quality of life, wheres in the text no indicatio is used to confirm that

- line 48 - Sustainable agricultural business model – first time mentioned, is not defined

- line 58-63 – please describe more in details the agriculture sector in India, almost nothing is learned from text you provided

- line 87 - 3.1. Conventional Agriculture Farming Model – it is not clear why do you call this model conventional, please use some references and definition

- lines 96 – 110 - 3.2. Sustainable Agriculture Farming Model – it i snot described how the model contributes to social sustainability (you just mention economic and environmental)

- lines 113-123 do not describes Case Study Methods – just speak about agri sector in India – should be replaced in appropriate part

- lines 125-130, table 1, what you described is not a description of the methodological approach to the case study. Use approproate loterature sources to properly describe the case study method you applied, i.e. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-03-2007-B0006, or Tellis, W. M. (1997). Application of a Case Study Methodology . The Qualitative Report, 3(3), 1-19. Retrieved from htp://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol3/iss3/1

- chapter 7 should be replaced with chapter 6. First synthesis of presented models. Rename the name of the chapter from „7. Implications of the Study” to „6. Results and descussion” and add some discussion; and next „7. Conclusions, Reccomendationa and Future Research”

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Earlier concerns addressed