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TABLE NO. 28SALES TO VARIOUS AGENCIES.(AVERAGE 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99).(‘000 tonnes)S. No. AgencyQuantity soldCategorySmall Medium Large Total1 2 3 4 5 61 Consumers 13.81(7.41)10.57(4.69)10.82(4.48)35.20(5.39)2 Traders 146.35(78.57)176.38(78.19)213.56(88.43)536.29(82.09)3 Co-operatives 2.19(1.18)19.86(8.80)0.57(0.24)22.62(3.46)4 F.C.I. 0.00(0.00)0.00(0.00)0.00(0.00)0.00(0.00)5 Money Lenders 23.91(12.84)18.76(8.32)15.33(6.35)58.00(8.88)6 Others 0.00(0.00)0.00(0.00)1.22(0.50)1.22(0.18)Total 186.26(100.00)225.57(100.00)241.50(100.00)653.33(100.00)The survey revealed that the direct sales of Ragi by the producers to the consumers washardly 5.39 percent and producers to co-operatives, 3.46 percent. The major share of thesesales was to the traders i.e. 82.09 percent. It is a matter of introspection for the cooperativesand FCI to evaluate their role in marketing of grains for the benefit of thefarming community. The Annexures XXXXVI showed that the role of co-operatives appearedonly in Karnataka.7.4 SALES OF RAGI WITHIN VILLAGESThe state-wise estimates of sales of Ragi within villages quarter-wise and category-wise arepresented in Annexures XXXXVII, XXXXVIII and XXXXIX and total of all categories ofcultivators taken together in Annexure L. A gist of the same is furnished in Table No. 29 below:TABLE NO. 29SALES OF RAGI WITHIN VILLAGE(AVERAGE 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99).(‘000 tonnes)S. No. QuarterSales within villageCategorySmall Medium Large Total1. 1 st Quarter 0.00(0.00)0.00(0.00)0.02(0.003)0.02(0.001)2. 2 nd Quarter 29.36(3.48)30.70(4.57)76.71(9.99)136.77(5.99)3. 3 rd Quarter 63.10(7.48)60.96(9.08)89.00(11.59)213.06(9.33)4. 4 th Quarter 4.24(0.50)7.35(1.10)17.32(2.26)28.91(1.27)Total 96.70(11.46)99.01(14.75)183.05(23.84)378.76(16.59)(Figures in parenthesis are percentage to production of category).It was observed that out of the total sales of 653.33 thousand tonnes of Ragi, the quantity sold withinvillage was 378.76 thousand tonnes or 57.97 percent of the total sales.