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Study on Disposal Pattern and Constraints in Pineapple Production in Konkan Region of Maharashtra


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1 Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
     

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This paper has analysed the disposal pattern of pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus L.) and constraints in their production and disposal using primary data pertained to the years 2013-16 collected from a sample of 20 tenant growers of five villages in Dodamarg tahsil of Sindhudurg district. The study has found that more than 90 per cent of the produce were marketed in all the three years The problem of high cost of planting material, non-availability of hired labour are felt by majority of the pineapple growers as constraints in production followed by fluctuation in market prices, post harvest lossess in case of disposal of produce.

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Disposal, Constraints, Pineapple.
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Authors

Shilpa Mathew
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
S. S. Wadkar
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India
P. J. Kshirsagar
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri (M.S.), India

Abstract


This paper has analysed the disposal pattern of pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus L.) and constraints in their production and disposal using primary data pertained to the years 2013-16 collected from a sample of 20 tenant growers of five villages in Dodamarg tahsil of Sindhudurg district. The study has found that more than 90 per cent of the produce were marketed in all the three years The problem of high cost of planting material, non-availability of hired labour are felt by majority of the pineapple growers as constraints in production followed by fluctuation in market prices, post harvest lossess in case of disposal of produce.

Keywords


Disposal, Constraints, Pineapple.

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