National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was conducted in Davangere district of Karnataka state during 2017-18. For the study, 40 farmers each from public, co-operative and private market intervention were selected following simple random sampling procedure. Thus, the total sample size constituted to 120. The data was collected using pre-tested questionnaires. The knowledge level of farmers was measured considering criteria like General information, post-harvest activities and Market related information by framing different statements. The data was analyzed using excel and results was presented in frequency and percentage. The findings of the study indicated that the farmers had cent percent knowledge on awareness, grading procedure, packing, transit loss, Electronic weighment services, Acceptance of produce irrespective of quality and quantity and market updates in Public market intervention. In case of Co-operative market intervention, the farmers had full knowledge (100.00%) on awareness, harvesting procedure for HOPCOMS and branding of the produce under HOPCOMS trade name. The Private market farmers had same knowledge (100.00%) on awareness, grading and mechanical grading, establishment of local market and collection centers, timely co-operation of staff and monitoring of farming activities. The study reflects that the farmers are having fair knowledge in all three market interventions.
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