International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 5
First page : (1108) Last page : (1112)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5669
A Study on Farmer’s Perception Regarding Various Price Sources and Effectiveness of Price Utilization, Awareness on Apmc Act in Telangana and Constraints Faced by Farmers in Marketing of Various Commodities
R. Vijaya Kumari1*, Ramakrishna Gundu2 and Venkatesh Panasa1
1Principal Investigator, 2Research Associate,
Network Project on Market Intelligence Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ramalingareddyvijaya@gmail.com
Received: 9.07.2017 | Revised:1.08.2017 | Accepted: 5.08.2017
ABSTRACT
Indian economy is primarily an agricultural economy. India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Hence the level of efficiency and productivity in agriculture more or less determines the efficiency of Indian economy. Marketing of agricultural produce is considered as an integral part of agriculture. Indian farmers are facing some problems in marketing and selling of their agricultural produces because of the long and complicated channel of distribution and malpractices present in markets. For solving the problems of farmers, to support them and to safeguard the interest of the farmers, APMC (Agricultural produce marketing committees) were constituted. An agricultural produce market committee constituted as per APMC act manages the markets. this paper talks about the farmers perception regarding various price sources and effectiveness of price utilization by farmers, farmers’ awareness and perception regarding the APMC act and constraints faced by farmers in marketing of various commodities.
Key words: APMC, Indian economy, Markets, Commodities.
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Cite this article: Kumari, R.V., Gundu, R. and Panasa, V., A Study on Farmer’s Perception Regarding Various Price Sources and Effectiveness of Price Utilization, Awareness on Apmc Act in Telangana and Constraints Faced by Farmers in Marketing of Various Commodities, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(5): 1108-1112 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5669
