Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing
Year : 2014, Volume : 28, Issue : 3
First page : ( 162) Last page : ( 163)
Print ISSN : 0971-8664. Online ISSN : 2456-8716.

A study of marketed surplus and marketing cost of foodgrian in Gujarat: A case study of paddy at micro level

Bhaiya Shantilal. R.

Agro Economic Research Centre, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar

Online published on 23 October, 2017.

Summary

To meet the challenge of feeding our vast population, “self reliance” in food grains and adequate marketable surplus has been the central focus of our agricultural policies in past independence era. The studies reviewed reveal that the farmers are sold their marketable surplus and remained surplus trough privet traders during the seasons. Among the food grain crops, kharif paddy and summer paddy crop accounted 47.36 per cent and 24.39 per cent of total cropped area, respectively. Kharif paddy cost C2 (Rs. 22630) and farm size groups were quite inversely related with the land holding groups while cost C2 and farm size groups were quite positive with the land holding groups for summer paddy. The utilization and disposal pattern of paddy clearly indicates that per household higher production of paddy was obtained in kharif season (104.77 quintals) than in summer season (72.06 quintals) but marketable surplus was higher (95.16 per cent) in summer season than kharif season (90.38 per cent). The multiple coefficient determinations turned out to be significance which confirms that included variables explained about 72 per cent and 99 percent variation in the marketed surplus of kharif and summer paddy respectively. Per quintal marketing cost is higher in kharif paddy as against summer paddy. The farmers had sold their paddy production in November-December in kharif season and in May and June in summer season. About 68.33 per cent of the total sample farmers had sold paddy in the rural market and avoided long traveling, whereas 31.67 per cent farmers sold paddy in the urban market in kharif season. In case of summer paddy, around 71 per cent of the total sample farmers had sold paddy in the rural market and 29.16 per cent farmers sold paddy in an outside market.

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