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Title Fish Marketing in Chaur Areas of Bihar - A Study of Disposal Pattern, Price Spread and Marketing Efficiency
 
Names Kumar, R
Kumar, N.R.
Kishore, P.
Kumar, M.
Prakash, S.
Kumar, S.
Date Issued 2016 (iso8601)
Abstract Chaurs are the flood plains or the shallow transitional
lands in Northern Bihar, which act as
nurturing grounds for large amount of fish resources.
Both culture and capture fisheries are
practiced in this area. The study was intended to
identify prevailing marketing channels as well as to
estimate the price spread and marketing efficiency
of the channels. Three marketing channels operate
in disposing of fish from chaur areas. The channelfirst,
which involves direct marketing of fish from
producers to consumers, was the shortest and most
efficient with market efficiency of 69.7 and price
spread of Rs.2.12 kg-1. Most of the catch (90.7%) of
culture fishery and 52.6% of capture fisheries were
disposed of through the channel-II, where vendors
act as intermediaries. Only 3.5% of cultured fish was
sold in distant wholesale market through channel-
III. Channel-III was found to be the least efficient.
Distant markets have higher disposal capacity and
price realisation better this marketing channel and
hence needs to be tapped by organising producers
in the form of marketing cooperatives.
Genre Article
Identifier Fiishery Technology 2016:53(4), 320-325