VAHONIYA, DILIP RBHARTI, AMRENDRA KUMAR2018-07-052018-07-052015http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810057455Grapes are grown commercially in 89 countries worldwide. China stands first with 21% of total area under grape cultivation followed by Italy 15% & India 4.0%. India accounted for 120 thousand hectare area of grapes production in 2014-15.In terms of yield per hectare, India stands first with average fresh grape production of 2600.00 MT/ha. India has emerged as a prominent table grape growing country. India is also producing visible volumes of world standard commercial dried grapes and is gradually moving towards good wine making. Indian table grape exports industry worth 1200 crores and it has potential to grow further. The hardworking grape growers are aware of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and are well supported by research based information of practical importance. Untimely rains and cold waves have recently brought in uncertainty in productivity for grapes, due to increased risk of diseases, less fruitfulness and impaired berry development. The project was under taken, for Freshtrop Fruits Limited (FFL) with the objectives of (a) To study Agricultural practices followed in grapes farm, (b) To study current level of practices followed by framers, and (c) To study the current process followed by the company (Unit-2). A total of 150 contract farmers of freshtrop fruits limited where selected for study from 8 village of 4 Taluka of Sangali district of Maharashtra. The finding reveals that majority of respondents (40%) had 0.5 to 1.0 ha cultivable Area, 34% respondents had more than 1.0 ha of cultivable land and 26% respondents having below 0.5 ha cultivable Area. The study revealed several incidences of diseases in the grapes such as powdery mildew, Thrips, mile bug, and climatic variation such as Sun bum. Frost, Scorching etc create problems in production of grapes. According to the study, it was found that maximum (50%) farmers were growing Thompson variety of grapes, 17% farmers were using "Tas A ganesh" variety, 11 % farmers were using Colan 2 A variety, 8% farmers were using Manikchaman variety and 4% farmers were using Flame (brown) variety of grapes. The major Agricultural practices followed by grapes farmers were Land preparation, Spacing, Planting, Training and Pruning of Plants, Application of Manure and Fertilizers, Weeding, Supplementary Irrigation, Pests and their Management, Diseases and their Management, Quality Improvement. It was found that 86.0% respondents had availabled drinking water and hand wash facility, their from 14.0%) respondents had no such facility. It reveals that more of the farmers were aware of hygienic practices. It was found that 80% respondents were using Pump starter covered with tin box and locked in farm and remaining 20%» did not. About 77%) respondents were kept Growth regulators application record of all registers plots while 23 %o respondents did not. According to survey it was found that 86%) respondents had pesticide residue analysis report and 21% did not. 73%) of sample had not taken any type of loan from bank for grapes cultivation while 27% respondents have taken loan. The major process followed by Freshtrop Fruits Limited were Harvesting, Transportation, Grading, Packing, Pre cooling, cold storage, Container filling, sealing of container, Export, Dispatch to destination.According to the survey 79% respondents are satisfied with company policy while 21 % respondents did not.enINTERNATIONAL AGRIBUSINESSA STUDYThesis