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Subject: Agribusiness Management × Start date: 2010 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Dynamics of coffee marketing and export : an agribusiness approach
    (UAS Dharwad, 2013) Ashoka N.; Balachandra K. Naik
    In India, Coffee occupies a pride position among plantation crops grown. The investigation was conducted in Karnataka state with overall objectives of studying dynamics of coffee marketing and export from India. The secondary data were collected mainly from Coffee Board of India, Bangalore and primary data from 30 coffee curing units of Chikmagalur, Kodagu and Hassan districts. The analytical techniques included trend analysis, co-integration technique, ARIMA, CAGR, NPC, Markov chain and descriptive statistics. The results revealed that, Arabica coffee growing regions witnessed declining trends in area, production and productivity except in non-traditional areas. Annual increase in price of Arabica and Robusta coffee was highest at ICO and similar trends witnessed in case of domestic prices during the study period. An international coffee price determines Indian coffee prices to a greater extent for both Arabica and Robusta coffee but not the other way round. The wholesale and retail prices of seed and powder coffee in Hyderabad and Chennai markets heavily depend on Bangalore market prices. Chikmagalur is the lead market for farm gate prices of uncured coffee as it influences the rest of farm gate markets. The forecast prices shown an increasing trend in the next months in different markets studied. Robusta cherry coffee forms lion share in export market from India both in quantity and value terms. Coffee exports in terms of quantity and value terms increased at the rate of 1.60 and 12.10 per cent per annum respectively, during the study period. Italy is the most competitive destination for major types of coffee in India. Italy and Germany are the most stable importers of Arabica coffee and Robusta parchment coffee with greater retention of previous imports. Russian Federation is the most competitive and stable destination for export of Instant coffee from India.
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    Estimation of Post Harvest Losses of Major Fruits and Vegetables in Karnataka - A Management Appraisal
    (UAS Dharwad, 2012) D.H. Mitrannavar; R.A. Yeledahalli
    The present study was aimed at estimation of post-harvest losses in major fruits and vegetables. Based on the triennium average (2007-08 to 2009-10) area under fruits and vegetable crops grown in Karnataka, five major fruits viz., mango, banana, citrus, guava and sapota, and five major vegetables viz., potato, tomato, brinjal, beans and onion had been selected for the study. Keeping in view the objectives of the study, a multi-stage random sampling procedure was adopted in the selection of the districts, taluks, villages and farmers. In the fourth and final stage, five vegetable growing farmers in each village were randomly selected. In all, 150 farmers were selected from each category of fruits and vegetables at the rate of 30 farmers from each district. From each district six wholesaler cum commission agents, three retailers dealing these crops were also interviewed. Thus, the number of wholesaler cum commission agents, retailers for each crop was nine for each crop (45 for vegetable and 45 for fruits). The data so collected was analysed using tabular presentation method and functional analysis. The results of the regression analysis revealed that the factors like production per ha (0.0249), adverse weather condition (0.4900), inadequate storage facilities (0.7913), inadequate transportation facilities (0.5844) and type of family (0.3173) exerted a significant and positive influence on post harvest losses and the variable like production per ha (0.0504), adverse weather conditions (1.3386) and inadequate storage facilities (0.8132) exerted significant and positive influence on post harvest losses as indicated by step down regression analysis. The existing different arrangements for the post harvest management seen were viz., special mandies, notification status, cooperative marketing societies, farmers’ interest groups and export promoting units. The results of the study revealed that in case of fruits, the overall loss at different stages was around 60.08 kg in mango, 392.66 kg in banana, 31.97 kg in citrus, 37.30 kg in guava and 55.37 kg in sapota, where as in case of vegetables the overall loss at different stages was around 177.71 kg in potato, 108.53 kg in tomato, 72.00 kg in brinjal, 67.56 kg in beans and 138.45 kg in onion. Inadequate transportation facilities were viewed as one of the major post harvest problem by 80 per cent of fruit growers and 91.67 per cent in case of vegetables post harvest management.