A STUDY ON QUALITY, GRADING AND PRICES IN VEGETABLE MARKETING IN KARNATAKA
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Date
2007-02-05
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore
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A STUDY ON QUALITY, GRADING AND PRICE OF IMPORTANT
VEGETABLE MARKETING IN KARNATAKA
0. MURTHY 2005
Major Advisor
Dr. L. K. Wader
ABSTRACT
The technological breakthrough in Indian agriculture has brought about
rapid increase in the productivity levels of crops. This has generated new problems
in marketing for which adequate attention has not been paid even though it has
been recognised that the solution for these problems is a requisite condition for
agricultural prosperity. The quality of vegetable produce brought to the market by
the farmers varies considerably from lot to lot. The variation in quality is due mainly
to the differences in varieties, insect and pest damages, methods and time of
harvesting and agro-climatic factors. It is therefore, highly essential to grade the
produce brought to the market on scientific lines in order to get remunerative
prices. Scientific grading should be based on important test factors so that the
sellers would be able to describe the quality that they are offering and the buyers
should understand what is being offered.
Both primary and secondary information were collected and used in the
study. Hubli, Belgaum and Bijapur vegetable markets were purposively selected for
the study. These three markets are the terminal markets for onion, potato, tomato
and brinjal in the Karnataka state and bulk of the vegetables are produced in these
three important markets. A total of 330 samples were collected at random during
the peak season (September to January) from these three markets.
To determine the seasonal factor(s) the seasonal index numbers were
worked out by using the ratio to moving average method. The stepwise multiple
regression analysis to study the eye-sight grades, price, quality factors and nonquality
factors determining the vegetables prices was employed. It was necessary
to give appropriate weightage to each one of these qualitative variables required for
the development of grade standards for the selected vegetables. It was evident
from the study that eye-sight grading system be replaced by scientific grading