1 Department of Agril. Marketing and Cooperation, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580 005.
2 Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 580 005.
3 Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooporation, University C?f Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-S80 005.
* Based on the Ph.D. thesis in Agricultural Economics submitted by the Senior Author to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad-580 005.