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Horticulture Production and Marketing
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Author: | Kappa Kondal |
ISBN 13: | 9788183248983 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2018 |
Subject: | Economics |
About the Book
India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, after China. Fruits and vegetables account roughly 10 and 15 percent respectively in the world production. Over a period of time, the cropping patterns of fruits and vegetables have been changed extensively due to diversification of agriculture sector. At the same time, this sector generated adequate income for growers at low cost of cultivation and providing sufficient employment opportunities to rural and urban people. The horticulture is identified as one of the growth engine in the farm sector and plays a significant role in sustaining the progress of Indian and Telangana agriculture sector on one side and on the other, the availability of high quality and quantity of horticulture crops is a pre-condition for maintaining good health of people, hence, there is need for a study on “Horticulture Production and Marketing: An Empirical Evidence in Telangana”.
The book provides an elementary description about the trends in growth and structure of horticultural crops in India and Telangana State, socio- economic conditions of vegetable growers, cost and benefits analysis, marketing channels, marketed surplus and problems and prospects of vegetable growers in Telangana State, India. The book is an outcome of the author’s dedicated to academic pursuit. Moreover, the all chapters of book are explained well through different kinds of statistical models.