A STUDY OF PRICE BEHAVIOUR AND MARKET INTEGRATION OF ONION IN GUJARAT
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2020
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INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND
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The present study was undertaken to analysed price behaviour and market integration of onion in Gujarat. It seeks to ascertain the optimum period for farmers to sale their produce, for the consumers to buy their goods and for the Government to take necessary policy decisions with regard to price support, procurement, storage and helping authorities to take up timely action. Thus, the analytical results of time series data related to prices and arrivals of onion in regulated markets of Gujarat is more useful as market intelligence for farmers, traders, exporters and policy makers.
The present study was based on the secondary time series data on various aspects. Total eight regulated markets were selected purposively based on maximum arrivals of onion in the markets. The markets covered under the study were Mahuva (Station road), Ahmedabad (Chimanlal Patel market Vasana), Bhavnagar, Gondal, Vadodara (Sayajipura), Rajkot, Surat and Bharuch market.The secondary data on monthly wholesale prices and arrivals was collected from the website of www.agmarknet.gov.in of selected regulated markets for last ten years (2007 to 2016).For analysis of data several analytical tools were used viz., Compound Growth Rate, Instability Index, Inter year and Intra year price indices, correlation coefficient and Johansen co-integaration approach.