CONSTRAINTS FACED BY CASH AND FOOD CROPS GROWERS WITH REGARDS TO MSP

V.S. KANSANA¹*, O.P. DAIPURIA², P. SHARMA^3
1Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
³Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : vnkansana@gmail.com

Received : 10-02-2022     Accepted : 27-02-2022     Published : 28-02-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 2       Pages : 11116 - 11118
Int J Agr Sci 14.2 (2022):11116-11118

Keywords : Minimum Support Price, Cash and food crops grower
Academic Editor : Manoj Kumar Sharma, Dr Manoj Kundu, Dr U. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Dr Debasish Borah, Dr Kamini Kumari, Dr Veena Sharma, Dr Jayprakash Haribhau Gaikwad, Dr Shaik Jaffar Basha, Kanak Saxena
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, 474002, Madhya Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

An agricultural product price set by the government to be purchased directly from the farmer is called the minimum support price (MSP). MSP is intended to counter the volatility of agricultural commodities which is caused by factors such as variations in supply, lack of market integration, and information asymmetry. Gird is the semi-arid region of the Madhya Pradesh in central India. It consists of the semi-arid district of Bhind, Sheopur, Gwalior, Shivpuri, and Morena, each semi-arid district has one Krishi Upaj Mandi, all were selected based on locations, time available, accessibility with researcher, etc. was criteria for the selection. Reported that the major constraints expressed by cash and food crop growers where MSP does not increase with the increase in production costs, despite being announced every year and major suggestion offered by cash and food crop growers such as every year the MSP should be increased along with the increase in the cost of production

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