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Production and marketing of Senna in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu: Problems and prospects
International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics
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Production and marketing of Senna in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu: Problems and prospects
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BALAJI, P.; Department of Forest Products and Utilization, Forest College and Research Institute, METTUPALAYAM (T.N.) INDIA Email: pbalaji@tnau.ac.in
FERNANDO, N. LILY MIRACLINE; Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, COIMBATORE (T.N.) INDIA VIDHYAVATHI, A.; Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, COIMBATORE (T.N.) INDIA SANTHASHEELA, M.; TNAU-ICAR, KVK-CSRC, RAMANATHAPURAM (T.N.) INDIA |
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Senna, Production, Marketing, Constraints, Garretts’ ranking
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Medicinal plants are gaining importance and are promoted for commercial cultivation in India in order to meet the increasing demand within the domestic and export markets. Tamil Nadu holds a major share in cultivation and export of more than 50 medicinal plants. This empirical research paper aims to study the production and marketing of Senna in Thoothukudi district and problems faced by the farmers and traders and to make some possible suggestion and policy implications in order to overcome the problems. Interview schedule was prepared and pre-tested, for the sample farmers. The primary data was collected from the sample respondents (farmers) through personal interview. The tools of analysis used in the study are percentage analysis, and Garretts’ Ranking Technique. The cost of cultivation of Senna per hectare was Rs. 27,183.04 and the gross return per hectare was Rs. 56,500. The net return per hectare was Rs.29,316.96. Non-availability of labour the major problem faced by the farmer in marketing of Senna was the high cost of transportation and nonavailability of labour was faced under production.
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HIND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING
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2016-03-18
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/IRJAES/article/view/5319
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International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics; Vol 7, No 1 (2016)
2231-6434 2229-7278 |
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eng
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http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/IRJAES/article/view/5319/4875
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