VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF TAPIOCA IN SALEM DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU

M. KOWSIKA¹*, N. DEEPA², S. SENTHILNATHAN³, R. GANGAI SELVI^4
1Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
²Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
³Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam, 628252, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
⁴Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : kowsikamanogaran@gmail.com

Received : 04-07-2022     Accepted : 27-07-2022     Published : 30-07-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 7       Pages : 11472 - 11474
Int J Agr Sci 14.7 (2022):11472-11474

Keywords : Tapioca value chain, Constraints, Price fluctuation, Labor unavailability
Academic Editor : C. Partheeban, Jothiprakash Gitanjali, Ankures Bhattacharya
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Rural Management (CARDS), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641003, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

It is important to assess the whole range of operations needed to move fresh tubers through various phases of production, processing, and marketing until it reaches the consumer in order to avoid post-harvest losses and promote the development of tapioca. This study investigates the problems faced by various actors in tapioca value chain such as farmers, commission agents and processors. In this study, 120 responses were taken from the farmers, 10 responses from commission agents and 5 responses from Sago industries of Salem district in Tamil Nadu as it is one of the major tapioca producing areas. The analysis methods in this study included percentage analysis and Garrett Ranking. The study found that price fluctuation was the major constraint faced by farmers in tapioca farming. It also found that the constraint faced by commission agent was shortage of labor availability and higher transportation cost was the major constraint faced by sago industries. Furthermore, this study made some suggestions to overcome these constraints

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