PERFORMANCE OF POTATOES IN NAGPUR APMC MARKET

PRITI WANKHEDE¹*, SANGITA WARADE^2
1School of Agri-Business Management, Nagpur, 440001, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra, India
²School of Agri-Business Management, Nagpur, 440001, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : sangitawarade@gmail.com

Received : 02-07-2018     Accepted : 09-07-2018     Published : 15-07-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 13       Pages : 6536 - 6538
Int J Agr Sci 10.13 (2018):6536-6538

Keywords : APMC Market, Farm product
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Agriculture is the base of the Indian economy but, in real terms the farmer does not get proper returns from his investment. The variations in prices of Potatoes have been one of the major factors affecting the income level of the Indian farmers. The knowledge on the interrelation between the arrival and prices of farm product (Potatoes) is required for assessing the extent of price fluctuation over time. The analysis of arrival and prices over time is important for formulating a sound agriculture price policy. The present paper is selected with the objectives to know the growth, instability, and trend of area, production and productivity for Potatoes crop. From the result, it found that though production of Potatoes is increasing significantly, arrival and prices of potatoes fluctuates regularly, the growth in arrival of Potatoes is increases in Nagpur market, in two decades.

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