Marketed Surplus and Post-harvest Losses of Jowar - Agmarknet

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TABLE NO. 2
MARKETABLE SURPLUS RATIOS OF SELECTED CEREALS
Commodity Marketable
surplus ratio
(Percentage)
Year of
reference
Paddy 1 8.87 1972-73 1979
Wheat 2 65.10 1973-74 1986
Jowar 3 33.14 1974-75 1984
Bajra 4 36.31 1974-75 1985
Maize 5 30.86 1974-75 1987
Year of
publication of
report
2.3 This apart, micro studies are being undertaken in the Agricultural Universities and Research
Institutes. Some of these findings with regard to marketable surplus & post harvest losses are
furnished below :
• The World Bank Operations Evaluation Study of (1974-85) 7 reported the storage losses of
Sorghum and Millet as 4% in Nigeria and 1.7% in Malavi.
• Khadse, et al. 8 studied the marketable surplus of kharif jowar in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra
and reported the marketable surplus of 7.22% in small category, 22.79% in medium category,
42.66% in large category and 29.77% as overall average. The study further concluded that the
production of jowar, marketable surplus and marketed surplus were having positive relationship
with the size of holdings. Whereas the retentions for kind payment and home consumption were
having negative relationship with the size of holding. In small and medium size holdings, the
distress sale was found. They further concluded, “the major factor governing marketable surplus
was being production and that home consumption and kind payment were responsible to reduce
the marketable surplus of jowar in the area studied”. It may be mentioned here that jowar is a
major staple food in the area of study conducted by the researchers.
• Pawar P.P. et al. (1990) 9 reported that the marketable surplus of jowar was positively related to
size of holdings in Marathwada region of Maharashtra. The study concludes that the distress sale
of both rabi and kharif crop was found in case of small cultivators due to their urgent needs of
cash requirements. This is in conformity with the conclusions of the Khadse et.al. as indicated
above.