Diagnostic Study of Farmers in Context of Cost and Return Analysis, Price Spread Analysis and Marketing Pattern in Mantalai Village of Udhampur District

The study on Diagnostic Study of Farmers in context of cost and return analysis, the price spread analysis and marketing pattern in Mantalai village of Udhampur district is conducted during the year 2015. Cereal crops do not provide much return to the farmers of the area. Moreover, vegetables are most profitable crops in the area and farmers are getting better returns from these. Farmers of the area are also trying to get returns from the growing of fruit crops. The climate of the area is also suitable for growing walnut, bei, apricot, plum, apple etc. It is the cumbersome and little bit difficult for them to market the produce to Jammu. Farmers are facing a specific problem that is road connectivity from their fields to the roadside. The fields are not well connected to the road and the link is in dilapidated conditions which force them to transport the produce through human labor which in turn increases their marketing cost resulting in a decline in their profit. They are demanding proper road connectivity from their fields to the road.