Vol. 11, Special Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Abhay Pratap Singh, Jayant Zechariah, Amit Kumar, Dr. Nitin Barker and Dr. Anupriya Paul

Abstract:
The present study was under taken to study overview, marketing cost, margins and price spread, problems in different supply chains and preferences of farmers in MIRZAPUR OF UP. Combinations of purposive stratified and random sampling technique were used for market functionaries and farmer selection required for the purpose of study. The data for the present study pertained to Agricultural year 2021-2022. Secondary data was collected from secondary sources like marketing committee office APMC, Mirzapur, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), India stat etc. The data on family composition, participation of family members in farming activities, input-output coefficients in the production of hybrid paddy, yields, marketing costs, and prices collected from farmers and value addition, market margin and marketing costs were collected from market functionaries using pre tested questionnaires of these purposes.