A STUDY ON MARKETING OF PADDY IN APMC BANGARPET OF KARNATAKA STATE
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41821
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore
Abstract
The study was undertaken in APMC Bangarpet of Karnataka State to examine
production, market arrivals, price behaviour and market linkages with paddy processing
units in Bangarpet. The primary data was collected from the 15 rice millers. Secondary
data were collected on production of paddy from the KSDA. The information on market
arrivals and prices were collected from the APMC. The data were analyzed using
different statistical techniques viz., time series analysis like trends, Seasonal indices,
Seasonal ARIMA, descriptive statistics and Henry Garrett’s ranking technique. The study
revealed that the production of paddy in Bangarpet taluk has shown the decreasing trend
and quantity of market arrivals of paddy in APMC yard has shown increasing trend. The
market arrivals are at its highest during the month of December and lowest during
October. The price of paddy was the highest during the month of November and the
lowest during April. The rice millers are sourcing paddy directly from farmers of major
paddy growing belts of Karnataka (93.33%). The rice was sold directly to retailers in
Bangarpet town by the rice millers (86.66%).The rice millers in Bangarpet have also sold
rice in Bangalore city (80%). It was also noticed that (46.66%) of the rice millers have
sold rice in the neighboring towns of Kolar district.