Production, marketing and export performance of turmeric in Karnataka: an economic analysis
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2013
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UAS Dharwad
Abstract
The focus of the study was on the production, marketing and export performance of turmeric
in Karnataka. Field level data were elicited for the agriculture year 2011-12 through personal interview
method. The time series data on area, production, productivity, arrivals, prices, exports etc. were
obtained from secondary sources.
The growths in area, production and productivity were found to be higher during pre-WTO
period in the case of India as a whole. Whereas, the instability indices for area, production and
productivity of turmeric were lower during post-WTO period. The variation in average production of
turmeric during the post-WTO period over the pre-WTO period was mainly due to change in mean
area (122.95%) and change in mean yield (58.39%) in the case of Karnataka and India respectively.
Per acre average cost of cultivation of turmeric was found to be high in the case of Belgaum district (
83402) and B: C ratio was found to be higher in the case of Chamarajanagar district (2.02). The MVP:
MFC ratio for chemical fertilizers and plant protection chemicals were found more than unity in the
case of all four districts. In the case of all the selected districts majority of the farms achieved 90-95
per cent level of technical efficiency. The producer’s share in consumer/processor rupee was more in
channel-IV than channel-I and it was the highest in the case of Chamarajanagar district compared to
others. The growth rate in export of turmeric in terms of quantity and value was high during overall
period than that of pre and post-WTO periods. Results of Markov chain analysis revealed that the
countries pooled under ‘others category’, UAE, UK and Iran would be the stable importers of the
Indian turmeric in the future. The results of the co-integration analysis revealed that the Kochi, Erode
and New York markets were well co-integrated. In all the four selected districts the major problems
faced by the farmers were pest and disease attack and higher price fluctuations.