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Does APMC market increase farmers income? Evidence from value chain analysis of sweet potato in Karnataka

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Title Does APMC market increase farmers income? Evidence from value chain analysis of sweet potato in Karnataka
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Creator Prakash P, D.Jaganathan, Sethuramand Sivakumar, Sheela Immanuel,P.Kishore and Pramod Kishore
 
Subject Market, value chain
 
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In recent times, value chain management in agriculture has taken pivotal role in enhancing farmer‟s
income. This study has been undertaken to analyse the existing sweet potato value chain in the Belagavi
district of Karnataka. Intensive primary survey and focused group discussions of 112 farmers, 10
commission agents in APMC market, 5 wholesalers and 10 retailers were conducted for the study by using
well-structured and pre-tested questionnaire. Multiple regression modelwas employed for assessing farm
harvest prices of sweet potato. The study revealed that the only sale-specified time as months of
September, October and November to get a significantly higher price. The cost and returns analysis
indicates that labour cost and chemical fertilisers/farm yard manure were the major expenditure in
production accounting for 32 and 26 per cent respectively. The major constraints in sweet potato value
chain are price volatility, lesser/no processing units, commission charged by traders in APMC market and
high marketing cost. But the findings indicated that there are huge possibilities and potential to set up
sweet potato based industries which will ensure remunerative prices for doubling farmers‟ income. Not Available
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Date 2021-07-19T08:51:26Z
2021-07-19T08:51:26Z
2018-07-01
 
Type Journal
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/48736
 
Language English
 
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