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    PRODUCTION BEHAVIOUR ACREAGE RESPONSE AND MARKETING OF POTATO IN BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY ZONE OF ASSAM
    (AAU, 2014) Borah, Sangita; DrChandan Hazarika
    The present work was design to study “Production Behaviour Acreage Response and Marketing of Potato in Brahmaputra Valley Zone of Assam”. Potato is one of the most important and widely cultivated vegetable crops of Assam and ranks fourth in terms of acreage under individual crop in the state. It is one of the important cash crops grown in the Brahmaputra Valley Zone of Assam. The study reflected that per hectare potato cultivation cost was found to be highest for LBVZ of Assam (Rs. 70362.08) and the lowest was observed for NBPZ (Rs. 69755.20). Similarly, Gross income of the farmers was observed to be highest for LBVZ (Rs. 124032.20) and the lowest was recorded for CBVZ (Rs. 123718.00), Similarly, Net Income was observed to be highest for NBPZ (Rs. 54229.27) and the recorded lowest production was observed in CBVZ (Rs. 53360.95) of Assam. Potato productivity was found to be highest for size group III farmers (232.24 qtls) of LBVZ of Assam and the lowest productivity was also recorded for LBVZ of size group I farmers (223.90 qtls). On the other hand, per quintals potato production cost was found to be highest for size group III farmers (Rs. 325.03) of CBVZ among all the zones and lowest was recorded for size group I farmers (Rs. 291.63) of LBVZ of Assam. Among all the zones, both in LBVZ and NBPZ most of the input variables had found positive and significant influence on the output. Because of this reason, most of the commercial potato growers were concentrated to these zones of Assam. The growth rate of area and production and productivity analysis reflected that Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Sonitpur district was recorded for positive growth rate in area under the crop. Barpeta, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, Darrang, Sonitpur and Nagaon districts were recorded for positive growth rate in production and Goalpara, Dhubri, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, Dibrugarh, Darrang Sonitpur and Nagaon districts were recorded for positive growth rate in productivity of the crop. Major changes in area instability occurred in CBVZ (-44.00) along with high instability in yield (-61.24). Acreage analysis reflected that Barpeta, Goalpara, Dhubri, Nalbari, Jorhat and Darrang districts were recorded for positive and significant lag acreage under the crop. The short run and long run price elasticities were found negative for most of the districts indicated that one rupee increase in price of potato would leads to decrease area under the crop simultaneously. The disposal pattern of potato was found increasing with increase size groups of farmers in all the zones of Brahmaputra Valley. The price spread analysis indicated that producer received highest share in channel-I and lowest in channel-III.