Potato marketing in India: Status, issues and outlook
1994
Dahiya, P.S. | Sharma, H.C.
Potato figures among the principal cash crops in India and its marketing plays and important role in the farm economies of growers of all scales. This paper describes the current status of potato marketing in India including infrastructure, market structure, price analysis, use, imports and exports, and price support policy. Marketing and research conducted at the Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, and experiences gained are also presented. These include a comprehensive farm-level study of Farrukhabad District, Uttar Pradesh; the dynamics of seed potato marketing in Himachal Pradesh; price forecasting; a study of cold storage in Meerut District, Uttar Pradesh; and outlook surveys. Issues that merit future attention are: improvement of crop statistics; studies on consumer behavior, including the estimation of income elasticities of demand; assessment of marketing of seed potatoes and processed products; and techno-economic feasibility of potato exports.
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