2Department of Basic Sciences, Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan-173 230, Himachal Pradesh, India
Department of Social Sciences, Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan-173 230, Himachal Pradesh, India
*E-mail: dhatwaliashilpi@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9694-5890)
Online published on 20 October, 2021.
Apple is the main constituent of farmer's economy in North-western states of India. The present work aims to examine, the status of market infrastructure and inequalities present in selected markets of North India namely; Azadpur, Dhalii, Foodgrain market Chandigarh and Solan. A total of 480 wholesalers were selected from the selected markets, 40 from Dhalli, 50 from Solan, 109 from Foodgrain market Chandigarh and 281 wholesalers from Azadpur market by complete enumeration method for the study. Market infrastructure index of Azadpur market was the highest (1.00) followed by Foodgrain market Chandigarh (0.28), Dhalli (0.03) and Solan (0.02). The inequality measures revealed that the selected apple markets are competitive indicating that the apple markets of north zone are highly efficient. The study also emphasized the need infrastructure facilities such as cold stores in Dhalli and Solan markets.
Infrastructure index, Gini concentration ratio, Lorenze curve, Competition
