Linking Small Vegetables Growers of Karnataka to the Markets of Neighbouring States
The area under F&V in karnataka is expanding in recent past. In addition new hybrids are launched resulting in higher productivity and production. Fruit crops are 3.78lakh hectares and production 62.74lakh tonnes and vegetables crops area 4.66lakh hectares and production 90.56lakh tonnes.It is observed that majority of F&V grown in karnataka state is traded in outside the state particularly the southern states like kerala,TN,AP,Maharastra and Goa. The major growing belts of F&V in karnatraka are Kolar-Chikkaballapur-Bangalore Rural, Tumkur-Hassan-chickkamagalur,Mandya-Mysore, Dharwad,Belgaum.
The seasonal fluctuation in production and prices of vegetables is a common phenomina. The demand for karnataka grown vegetables also fluctuates mainly due to production seasons of vegetables locally in other states. The production and marketing of vegetables in karnataka is depending on the other states demand. The present study is intiated with the following objectives 1. To identify the production belts,seasons and output for vegetables in southern states 2. To study the existing movement of karnataka grown vegetables to southern states 3. To aggregate small farmers producers through commodity groups 4. To provide market intelligence to the stake holders 5. To improve the cultivation practices leading to better quality 6. To link the farmers directly to upcountry markets in southern states
Budget Proposed SL.No | | Rs/Lakhs | 1 | Three SRFs for two years | 18.00 | 2 | Travel grants or DA | 15.00 | 3 | Activities-Training,Formation of commodity groups,Exposure,visit,capacity building Etc | 25.00 | 4 | Workshop | 6.00 | 5 | Stationaryand printing | 2.00 | 6 | Miscalleneous | 2.00 | | Total | 68.00 |

Project Team 1. Prof. T.N Venkat Reddy- Principal Investigator 2. Dr. G.N Nagaraja- Co- Principal Investigator 3. Dr. P.K Mandanna- Co- Principal Investigator 4. Dr. B.M Shashidhara- Co- Principal Investigator 5. Dr.T.R Keshava reddy- Co- Principal Investigator 6. Mr. Umashankar- Co- Principal Investigator
Submitted to University Head for proposed project for 2014