Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing
Year : 2014, Volume : 28, Issue : 3
First page : ( 158) Last page : ( 158)
Print ISSN : 0971-8664. Online ISSN : 2456-8716.

Economics of onion dehydration: Towards driving agribusiness development in Gujarat

Ardeshna N.J., Vekariya S.B., Shiyani R. L., Gondaliya V. L.

Dept. Of agril. Econ., Junagadh agricultural university, Junagadh

Online published on 23 October, 2017.

Summary

Onion is important for earning foreign exchange grown in 1.05 Million hectares with production of 16.82 Million tonnes in india during the year 2012–13. The onion dehydration industry of gujarat is the biggest in the country which has potential to reduce storage losses as well as in price stabilization. This study explores cost of processing and marketing and employment generation in dehydration industry of gujarat. It was found that the cultivation of onion is concentrated in the saurashtra region of gujarat. The area, production and productivity of onion crop increased at the rate of 9.23, 8.34 And 0.52 Per cent per annum, respectively during the period from 2001–02 to 2012–13. The cost of raw material in onion processing was found to be the major cost in total cost of processing. The net profit of ` 1931.64 Per ton of onion processing was realized by the processors which gave ` 1.15 Per investment of one rupee while they recovered their total investment in 5.08 Years. They preferred round shaped white onion having diameter of 58 mm to obtain better quality of processed products. An appropriate export policy during glut season and efforts to minimize the variation in prices of onion to stabilize the area of the crop are the suggestions emerge from the study.

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