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Marketing Behaviour of Coleus Growers


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1 Directorate of Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), India
2 Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), India
3 Department of Agricultural Extension, Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College, G.B. Nagar, Kalavai, Vellore (T.N.), India
4 Department of Agricultural Extension, Don Bosco College of Agriculture, Sagayathottam, Vellore (T.N.), India
     

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Medicinal plants gain significance because of their contribution to local health support systems, generation of local income, foreign exchange earnings and contribution to bio-diversity. Medicinal plants, if cultivated properly, it can contribute significantly to the economic rural development. This study was conducted in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, from the selected district four villages were taken for the study. The medicinal plants selected for the study purpose was coleus which is cultivated in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. Regarding the export of medicinal plants India’s contribution to the international market is increasing rapidly (Kumar, 2004). This can be achieved through increased cultivation of medicinal plants. At this juncture, marketing behaviour of the medicinal plant growers was considered important and analysed. The finding concluded that they existed low marketing behaviour among the growers.


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Medicinal Plant Growers, Marketing Behaviour, Coleus, Glory Lily.
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Authors

N. Suganthi
Directorate of Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), India
P. Balasubramaniam
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), India
K. Indumathy
Department of Agricultural Extension, Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College, G.B. Nagar, Kalavai, Vellore (T.N.), India
R. Rajasekaran
Department of Agricultural Extension, Don Bosco College of Agriculture, Sagayathottam, Vellore (T.N.), India

Abstract


Medicinal plants gain significance because of their contribution to local health support systems, generation of local income, foreign exchange earnings and contribution to bio-diversity. Medicinal plants, if cultivated properly, it can contribute significantly to the economic rural development. This study was conducted in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, from the selected district four villages were taken for the study. The medicinal plants selected for the study purpose was coleus which is cultivated in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. Regarding the export of medicinal plants India’s contribution to the international market is increasing rapidly (Kumar, 2004). This can be achieved through increased cultivation of medicinal plants. At this juncture, marketing behaviour of the medicinal plant growers was considered important and analysed. The finding concluded that they existed low marketing behaviour among the growers.


Keywords


Medicinal Plant Growers, Marketing Behaviour, Coleus, Glory Lily.