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Archit Kumar Nayak ¹, Nahar Singh ¹, Dinesh Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), IN

Abstract

The paper attempts to study the disposal pattern, marketing cost, marketing margins and price spread of banana in Dhamdha blockof Durg district of Chhattisgarh state for the year 2017-18. The marketing of banana has been studied by three marketing channels, viz., I: Producer wholesaler → retailer → consumer; II: Producer → wholesaler (through commission agent) → retailer → consumer; III: Producer → retailer (through commission agent) → consumer. The net price received by the producer was 58.75 per cent, 53.08 per cent and 62.43 per cent in marketing channel I, II and III, respectively. The producer’s share in marketing channel III was the maximum because of direct sale by the producer to the retailer through commission agent. In the marketing cost, expenditure was highest on commission charges followed by transportation in all the channels. The marketing channel I has been found most efficient because its marketing efficiency was 1.42 as compared to 0.96 and 1.36 in marketing channel II and III, respectively. The low marketing efficiency in supply chain II was on account of a higher number of market intermediaries in this chain. High price fluctuations followed by unremunerative prices, high commission charge, lack of regulated market and high transportation cost were the major problem reported by the banana growers. Whereas lack of cold storage facilities followed by non - availability of banana processing units, inadequate market infrastructure and shortage of electricity supply were the marketing problems highlighted by the intermediaries.

Keywords

Marketing Channels, Marketing Cost, Market Efficiency, Marketing Intermediaries, Price Spread.

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Archit Kumar Nayak ¹, Nahar Singh ¹, Dinesh Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), IN

Abstract

An attempt has been made in the present study to estimate the physical post-harvest losses in banana and to identify the causes of losses in Durg district of Chhattisgarh. The explicit evaluation of the impact of post-harvest losses at different stages of marketing on farmers’ net price, marketing costs, margins and efficiency have been presented. The results indicated that there are two major marketing channels viz., wholesaler channel and commission agent channel. The post-harvest losses were as high as 18 kg per quintal in the wholesale channel; comprising 31.67 per cent at the field and assembly level, 33.06 per cent at the wholesale market level and 35.28 per cent at the retail level. The total physical losses in the second marketing channel which was through commission agent were 18.95 kg per quintal with 28.50, 33.25 and 38.26 per cent in the corresponding stages. Small fruits, sun burn, harvesting injury and cracks and cankers at farm level; physiological dryness, physical damage and pressed and crushed fruits, over ripening loss at wholesale market level; physically damaged fruit and over ripened fruit at retailers level were the major causes responsible for post-harvest losses in banana. Further it was found that by separating out marketing loss at each stage of marketing, the producers’ net share and wholesaler and retailer margins have been reduced substantially. It can be inferred that marketing efficiency is inversely proportional to the volume of post-harvest losses.

Keywords

Post-Harvest Losses, Marketing Channel, Banana Growers, Farmers’ Net Price, Marketing Efficiency, Intermediaries’ Margin.

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C. Kavya ¹, Nahar Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad (U.P.), IN

Abstract

A growing interest in environmentally friendly goods and services has been expressed together with concerns for the risks, and broader environmental problems, associated with intensive agriculture. Today, organic production is a combination of new technology and traditional methods. The present study was conducted in Bengaluru district, one of the major vegetable producing district of south Karnataka. In recent years the large numbers of farmers started practicing the organic cultivation of vegetables in the district. For the study, 45 farmers each practicing organic and inorganic cultivation of cucumber spread over the district of Bengaluru rural were selected randomly. The data collected from respondents was analysed using budgeting technique and Cobb-Douglas Production Function Analysis according to the objectives. The estimated per acre cost of cultivation of organic and inorganic cucumber was Rs. 3,14,454.75 and Rs. 2,55,139.91, respectively. The gross returns of organic cucumber were Rs. 4,50,000 per acre as against Rs. 3,00,000 for inorganic cucumber. The B:C ratio for organic cucumber was 2.60 as against 1.91 for inorganic cucumber. The resource use efficiency was higher in organic farming than that of inorganic farming practice. Hence, it is advisable for the farmers to switch over to organic farming which minimizes the environmental degradation and also brings higher net returns.

Keywords

Costs and Return Analysis, Resource Use Efficiency, Cobb-Douglas Production Function, Conventional Farming, Organic Vegetables Farming, NPOP, Cucumber

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