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Economic analysis of production and marketing of onion in Haryana

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Title Economic analysis of production and marketing of onion in Haryana
 
Creator Raj Kumar
 
Contributor Rathee, Anil Kumar
 
Subject Markets, Onions, Costs, Productivity, Marketing, Economics, Marketing margins, Area, Cauliflowers, Retail marketing
 
Description The study on “An Economic Analysis of Production and Marketing of Onion in Haryana” was done with
the following objectives: (1) To analyze the trends in the area, production and productivity of onion in Haryana.
(2) To work out the comparative economics of onion with other competing crops. (3) To study the marketing
pattern, price spread and price behaviour of onion. (4) To study the problems faced by the onion growers in
production and marketing of onion. The present study was conducted in Ambala district of Haryana (selected
purposively). Naraingarh and Barara two blocks were selected randomly. Three villages from each block were
selected randomly and out of each village 15 farmers were selected randomly. Finally 90 farmers from randomly
selected two blocks from the district were selected for the present study. On the basis of the nature of data, various
statistical and economic tools were used for estimation of cost and returns of production, marketing costs and
margins. The primary data for the agriculture year 2014-15 were collected by survey method by conducting
personal interviews of the selected growers with the help of specially designed schedule.
The overall findings reveals that the cost of cultivation for onion, cauliflower and cucumber were
₹68492.21/acre, ₹66746.78/ acre and ₹55213.47/acre, respectively. The gross returns from onion, cauliflower and
cucumber were ₹97312.17/acre, ₹93022.50/acre and ₹74616.00/acre, respectively. B: C ratio of onion, cauliflower
and cucumber were 1:42, 1.39 and 1.35, respectively. In Haryana area, production and productivity of onion shows
positive trend with compound growth rate of 12.65, 14.27 and 1.35 per cent from the year 1992 to 2013.
While, comparing the results for different channels, it was observed that the major share of the produce
marketed through channel I (Producer → Wholesaler-cum-commission agent → Retailer → Consumer) while the
producer’s share in consumer’s rupee was more in direct sale as compared to the other channels due to the
elimination of market intermediaries. Marketing efficiency worked out in onion marketing showed that channel III
(Producer → Consumer) was most efficient marketing channel.
Major problems faced by the onion growers in production were costly storage facilities (95.55 %), lack
of knowledge of recommended fertilizer doses (91.11 %), lack of knowledge about the control measures for
various pests and diseases (86.67 %), high cost of fertilizers (85.55 %), labour problem during harvesting (81.11
%), high cost of pesticides (76.67 %), lack of knowledge about seed/seedling treatment (72.22 %) and high cost of
seed (71.11 %). Problems faced in marketing of onion were accounted as lack of minimum support price (95.00
%), high fluctuations in market prices (78.89 %), malpractices adopted by market functionaries (67.78 %),
existence of large number of intermediaries in marketing process (60.00 %) and high transportation cost (58.89 %).
 
Date 2016-10-21T09:39:45Z
2016-10-21T09:39:45Z
2015
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/81170
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU