MARKET AND CONSTRAINT ANALYSIS OF TAPIOCA PRODUCTION THROUGH MEMBER AND NON-MEMBER FARMERS OF FPO’S IN TAMIL NADU-A COMPARATIVE STUDY

S.M. KAVIBHARATHI¹, N. KUMARASAMY²*
¹Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Parbhani, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431402, Maharashtra, India
²Department of Agribusiness Management, PGP College of Agricultural Sciences, Namakkal, 637405, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
* Corresponding Author : kumarasamytnau@gmail.com

Received : 04-02-2022     Accepted : 27-02-2022     Published : 28-02-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 2       Pages : 11082 - 11084
Int J Agr Sci 14.2 (2022):11082-11084

Keywords : Marketing Cost, Price Spread, Marketing Efficiency & Constraints
Academic Editor : Dr Shaik Jaffar Basha, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Dr Hemangi Mehta, Dr R. S. Umakanth
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Parbhani, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 431402, Maharashtra, India. Authors are also thankful to Department of Agribusiness Management, PGP College of Agricultural Sciences, Namakkal, 637405, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The present study entitled, ‘Comparative economic analysis of tapioca production through FPO’s Member farmers Vs FPO’s non- member farmers in Karur district of Tamil Nadu’ is based on a sample of 120 tapioca growers comprises 60 member farmers and 60 non- member farmers of FPO drawn from Kulithalai and Aravakurichi tahsils of Karur district in order to estimate difference between marketing channels, marketing cost, margins, price spread and constraints in tapioca cultivation. At the overall level marketing cost incurred by the tapioca member farmers was Rs/qt 19.05 respectively. At the overall level marketing cost of tapioca non-member farmers was accounted to be 73.74 Rs/qt, 220.81 Rs/qt and 278.34 Rs/qt for producers of tapioca under Channel-I, Channel-II and Channel-III, respectively. Marketing efficiency ratio of the member farmers was 134.33 which is significantly higher than the non -member farmers of 35.30, 3.23, 2.98 in channel I, II and III respectively. Major constraint pertaining to the member farmers was high wage rate (0.26), lack of skilled labours (0.25) and electricity (0.24). Major constraints pertaining to cultivation of tapioca for non -member farmer was price fluctuation (0.31) in the market, high cost of labours (0.27) and lack of market intelligence (0.22)

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