A study on marketed surplus, price spread and marketing efficiency of the winter vegetables in Dhenkanal district of Odisha

The study analysed different aspects of marketing of tomato, cauliflower and cabbage in Dhenkanal district of Odisha with the objectives to estimate the marketable and marketed surplus in the study area in various size groups of farmers and to calculate the price spread and marketing efficiency. A sample of forty farmers was interviewed of which nineteen were marginal, fifteen small and six large. The marketed surplus was highest for marginal farmers in all the three selected vegetables viz tomato, cauliflower and cabbage with corresponding figures of 98.06, 99.29 and 99.36 per cent respectively. The producer's share in consumer's rupee and marketing efficiency were highest in Channel-I (producer-consumer) among the three channels for all the three crops. It was found that producer's share in consumer's rupee and marketing efficiency increased with decrease in the number of market intermediaries. The study suggests increasing marketed surplus through increase in production of farm by using improved agricultural technologies.