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    Sully Chain Management in Arecanut - A Comparative Study of Co-Operative and Private Processing Units in Uttara Kannada District
    (UAS, Dharwad, 2011) Anand S. Kolur; C. Murthy
    Arecanut (Areca catechu L.) is an important commercial crop in India and is popularly known as betel nut. It finds a place in all religious, social and cultural functions of Indian people. Its kernel is used mainly for chewing purpose in “pan supari”. Arecanut being a tropical palm, its distribution is mainly confined to South East Asian countries. The production of arecanut covers an area of 7.02 lakh hectares with a total production of 8.54 lakh tonnes. The area and production of arecanut in India during 2008-09 was 3.86 lakh hectares and 4.76 lakh tonnes respectively. To fulfill the objective of the study, both primary and secondary data was collected. The secondary data 2001-2002 to 2009-10 was collected to assess the procurement management in processing units in that is co-operative and private units. The primary data pertaining to 2010-11 was collected from the selected processing units, traders in order to assess the value addition, marketing margins, cost of production of different products, pricing efficiency, marketing practices and marketing channels. One co-operative processing unit was selected for detailed study. Similarly 5 units were selected from private activities in arecanut. The 5 wholesalers, 5 retailers, and 5 big traders were consider for assessing the margins and price spread. It can be inferred that the co-operative unit as a whole experienced significant growth rate in procurement of quantity (56.06%), value (61.08%) and sales of quantity (51.93%) and value of sales (50.26%) for rashi type of arecanut in finished produce for the period the annual growth rate of 2001-02 to 2009-10. Whereas for the same period the annual growth rate in private units procurement of quantity, value and sales of quantity and value of sales were 53.04, 61.39, 53.30 and 59.50 per cent respectively in rashi type of arecanut.