Year: 2014 | Month: June | Volume 59 | Issue 2

Price Spread of Minor Millets in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh

Praveen Kumar Verma K.N.S. Banafar
DOI:10.5958/J.0976-4666.59.2.025

Abstract:

An attempt has been made in this study to examine the price spread of minor millets in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. Four villages of Jagdalpur block namely Bhatagudai, Turenar, Kalcha and Kumhrawand were selected to collect the required information and the study was confined to three commercial minor millets namely Kodo, Kutki and Ragi. The data were collected for the crop year 2007-08. The total marketing cost paid by the retailers was ` 32.60 per quintal. The sale price of producer came to ` 395.00 and ` 400.00 in channel-I and channel-II respectively. Net price received by producer was being ` 400.00 in channel-II, which came to 74.90 % to consumer price. Net margin received by the retailer was ` 101.40 per quintal i.e. 18.98 % to consumer purchase price. The price paid by consumers for per quintal of minor millets products was calculated `534.00 in Channel-II. Producer’s share in consumer rupee was 74.90 % in Channel-II of the minor millets. 





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