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Sorghum Grain Marketing Report

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Title Sorghum Grain Marketing Report
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11038/10132
 
Creator Bsavaaj, G.
 
Publisher International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics
 
Subject Marketing and Value Chain
Sorghum
 
Description The report has done a value chain mapping of post rainy season Sorghum and measure the transactions costs involved, evaluated and identified marketing strategies for reducing these, analyzed the price spread, measured marketing efficiency using the Acharya formula, determined the farmer’s share in the consumer rupee in the value chain of post rainy Sorghum and recommends some marketing strategies which if taken up would improve marketing efficiency and enhance the market demand of post rainy sorghum. The method used for the analysis is survey method, which involved 120 farmers from 8 markets (Primary and Secondary) across the HOPE clusters in Maharashtra and 20 market functionaries including the commission agents, village middlemen/ processors, wholesalers/ traders, retailers, 5 from each category in each of the markets totaling to a total sample size of 160.the value chain analysis is based on the market survey conducted in the year2010.
Citation: Bsavaaj, G., "Sorghum Grain Marketing Report", http://hdl.handle.net/11038/10132 International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics [Distributor] V1 [Version]
 
Coverage Time Period Covered: 2009 - 2011
Country/Nation: India
Geographic Coverage: Maharashtra
 
Type Production, Consumption, Processing, Crop, Prices
 
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