A STUDY ON PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF TAMARIND IN SRINIVASPURA TALUK OF KOLAR DISTRICT
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2019-08-21
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
Tamarind is an important cash crop of India and occupies sixth position in
terms of export earnings. The main aim of the study is to estimate the costs and returns,
documentation of pre and post-harvest practices, to analyse the marketing channels and to
analyse the value addition process in tamarind. The data pertaining to the study was
collected from 50 farmers and five traders (50 farmers from Ronur hobli and five traders
from Chinthamani APMC). Descriptive statistics was employed to analyze the data. The
results revealed that per acre total cost of cultivation of tamarind was Rs. 47,276, net
returns over total cost was Rs. 12,002. The study area majority of the farmers were found
practicing traditional harvesting method of climbing the tree to beat the fruits and shaking
the branches (58%). The four marketing channels identified, are channel-I: Farmer
Pre-harvest contractors Traders
channel-II: Farmer
APMC (Commission agent / trader)
-III: Farmer
Retailers Consumers and channel-IV: Farmer Consumers. Majority of the
producers sold their produce through channel-I (62%), followed by channel-II (28%),
channel-III (6%) and remaining farmers sold through channel-IV (4%). In the study area,
54 per cent of the farmers were involved in beating with the wooden mallet for the
removal of tamarind husk. Hence, the production of tamarind is a subsidiary occupation
for the dry-land farmers and they are realizing a very low income.