Impact of Marketing Aspects and Economics of Value Added Products of Ragi Among Farm Women

The study was conducted in Mandya and Sriranga patana taluks of Mandya district of Karnataka state to know the marketing aspects and economics of trained farm women on value added products of ragi. The data was collected froma sample of 120 trained farm women. The study revealed that, larger number (47.50%) sold the value added products in domestic markets. Whereas, 27.50 per cent and 25.00 per cent of the respondents sold the value added products of ragi to whole saler and retailer, respectively. The trained farm women spend Rs. 20, 87, 396 per year as production cost. Further, in total on an average farm women gets Gross income of Rs.41, 97, 174 and Net income of Rs. 2, 10, 977 per year.