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The district-wise area and production of ginger in Kerala during 1993- 94 (Table 1.2) shows that Wynad district which is the leading producer ac counts for about 50% of state output and about 39% of area. Emakulam ranks second with a share of about 13% of state output and about 15% of area. Wynad also stands first in maintaining higher level of productivity. Table 1.2 District wise Area and Production of Ginger in Kerala (1993-94) District Trivandrum Quilon Pathanamthitta Al1eppey Kottayam Idukki Ernakulam Trichur Palaghat Area (Hectares) 37 403 632 86 393 1,425 1,676 109 908 Production (Tonnes) 111 1,478 1,514 235 1,069 4,306 4,789 181 2,538 (Conl'd .. .) II
District Malappuram Kozhikode Wynad Cannanore Kasargode State Area (Hectares) 227 209 4,350 469 20) 11, ) 25 Production (Tonnes) 444 449 18,653 1,541 368 37,676 Source: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Trivandrum. 1.4.Statement or tbe Problem Ginger is one of the prominent crops in the spice economy of Inida. India is one of the largest producer and a major exporter of ginger in the world. Though grown all-over India, the finest quality ginger comes from Kerala. The produce of Kerala is very much in demand in foreign countries because it is considered to be the best in quality, is bold and is renowned for its charac teristic aroma and pungency. Since Kerala accounts for about 25% of pro- 12
Page 1: THE GINGER ECONOMY OF KERALA Thesis
Page 4 and 5: List of Tables Table No. TItle Page
Page 6: Table No. TItle Page No. 6.3 Monthl
Page 9 and 10: Chapter One Introduction
Page 11 and 12: Indo-China region is supposed to be
Page 13 and 14: As the rhizomes of ginger are very
Page 15 and 16: oil contributing the aroma and the
Page 17 and 18: Kerala is the leading producing sta
Page 19: Ginger is a traditional item of the
Page 23 and 24: 1.5 Objectives of the Study The maj
Page 25 and 26: sample of 30 farmers were selected.
Page 27 and 28: Cost of cultivation of ginger in Wy
Page 29 and 30: India and Kerata, presents the rese
Page 31 and 32: Cbapter Two Review of Literature Th
Page 33 and 34: George and Velappan throw light on
Page 35 and 36: pr.emacy in the manufacture and exp
Page 37 and 38: pepper, cardamom, coconut, arecanut
Page 39 and 40: United States. H. Singh brings out
Page 41 and 42: tion a price policy for an individu
Page 43 and 44: teristic be quantified and incorpor
Page 45 and 46: study reveals that the higher expec
Page 48 and 49: consumer's rupee of agricuJtural co
Page 50 and 51: Chapter Three Trends in Area, Produ
Page 52 and 53: Table 3.1 Area, Production and Yiel
Page 54 and 55: Year 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-9
Page 57 and 58: Table 3.3 Area, Production and Yiel
Page 59 and 60: Year 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 ]993-9
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Page 64 and 65: Table 3.4 Area Under Ginger in Majo
Page 66 and 67: Table 3.5 Production of Ginger in M
Page 68 and 69: Table 3.6 Yield per hectare of Ging
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For comparison, the compound growth
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Year 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-8
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district. The area under pineapple
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Chapter Four Acreage Response
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the anticipated returns from differ
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egion to another, no unique hypothe
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of area and actual area under the c
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Table 4.1 Results of Acreage Respon
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Lagged values of price and area thu
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district two crops are reported as
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Thus, in Ernakulam district current
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Chapter Five Cost of Cultivation Da
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Table 5.1 Nature of Ginger Cultivat
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Ginger requires a well drained soil
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nation and to prevent washing off s
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Table 5.3 Distribution of Ginger Fa
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60% of farmers in both districts de
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are cultivating ginger as an interc
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Table 5.7 Cost of Cultivation of Gi
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Table 5.8 Components of Cost of Cul
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COMPONENTS OF COST OF CULTIVATION O
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more or less same in two districts,
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Table 5.11 Number of Sampled Farmer
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trict over another on all these asp
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Chapter Six l\:larketing The develo
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112 For a greatly populous developi
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marketing practices followed in the
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6.6. Processing of Ginger Processin
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6.7.1. Storage of Seed Rhizome Ging
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121 The wastage in storage of fresh
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6.10. Grading 123 In order to gain
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Marketing Channels of Fresh Ginger.
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Year Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.
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136 Generally, the ginger prices ar
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ments as well (Moore, Johl and Khus
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available to make good approximatio
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Table 6.5 Shares of Marketing Cost
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6.13.6. Price Spread of Fresh Ginge
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150 The farmers and traders report
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Tabel 6.9 Shares of Marketing Cost
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6.14.4. Price Spread of Pineapple 1
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Table 6.11 Shares of Marketing Cost
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price spread. 160 The marketing pat
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world. Chapter Seven Ginger Export
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exporters for the purchase of Gas C
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exporters through a foreign trade e
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'ungarbled' and the grades have bee
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Year 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-6
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GINGER EXPORT FROM INDIA - QUANTITY
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Table 7.2 Compound Growth Rates of
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176 The export growth of ginger oil
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Table 7.5 Compound Growth Rates of
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Table 7.6 Share of Ginger in the Sp
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Year 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96(P) (P)
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Table 7.7 World Export of Ginger an
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Year Indian Chinese 1989-90 78.94 7
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1995-96 Quantity Value 1993-94 1994
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COMPOSITION OF EXPORT OF GINGER FRO
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Table 7.10 Zone-wise Export of Ging
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contributed by West Asia. In 1991-9
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1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 (P)
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7.S. Relation between Domestic and
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Year 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-9
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Table 7.13 Mac Bean Index of Instab
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205 The estimated regression equati
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208 produced in other states are co
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210 three decades, world trade in g
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Chapter Eight Problems of Ginger Cu
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Table 8.1 Problems of inputs Proble
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215 eties like 'Suprabha', 'Suruchi
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S.2. Marketing problems 217 In the
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8.2.3. Price Fluctuations 219 There
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8.3.1. Credit 221 Non-availability
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Chapter Nine Summary of Findings an
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224 2.18% per annum. Orissa stands
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226 (iii) Cost of cultivation of al
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228 practices, instability of price
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(i) Non-availability of fertile lan
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232 (ix) Attention should be paid t
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Branson, R.E, and D.G. Norvel!. Int
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Jakhade, VM, and N.A Majumdar. "Res
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Lakshmanchar, M. S. "Marketing of G
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281 "The Dynamics of Supply Retrosp
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Reddy, Nakula. "Farm Supply Respons
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Sreekumar, B, V Haridasan, and P Ra
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