POST HARVEST PROFILE OF POTATO - Agmarknet

4.0 MARKETING PRACTICES AND CONSTRAINTS :4.1 Assembling:Assembling is the first step in marketing of farm produce. It involves collection ofsmall surpluses from number of small farms scattered over large areas and bulking thesame for subsequent distribution in volume.The agencies engaged in the assembling of potatoare as below :a) Producersb) Village Merchantsc) Itinerant Merchantsd) Wholesale Merchantse) Commission AgentPotato auctionf) Producers Co-operative Societies4.1.1 Major- Assembling Markets :The major assembling markets are located in UttarPradesh, Punjab, West Bengal in which the assemblingof potato is done along with other commodities. Somemajor assembling markets in major producing states inthe country are listed below:Potato weighmentSl.No.Table No.10Major Assembling Markets of Potato in the countryName of State Name of district Name of major markets /mandies1. 2. 3. 4.1) Agra Agra, Samshabad2) Firozabad Sirshaganj3) Kanpur nagar Kanpur nagar4) Etawah Etawah1. Uttar Pradesh 5) Kaunauj Kaunauj, Chhibraman6) Allahabad Allahabad7) Varanashi Varanashi8) Gorakhpur Gorakhpur9) Lucknow Lucknow10) Raibarily Laxmanpur37