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618 Les productions bananières / Bananas and food security – Session 3 season of April-March is mandatory for plantain cultivation in Tamil Nadu because of the climate. The impact of glut is so great that the purchase price of plantains falls from a normal Rs 10-12 per kg to Rs 6-8 at wholesale markets. Producers and primary wholesalers are sometimes forced to go in search of remunerative markets but by that time fully matured bunches start ripening. The glut was at a peak and producers were badly hit when a nation-wide truck strike was observed in 1997. The unfortunate coincidence of the strike with the peak plantain harvest season left the growers with no alternative than to dump the produce in manure pits. Though railways made arrangements for wagon transportation, it did not prove a successful alternative to truck transportation. Apart from such man-made calamities, at times natural calamities like whirlwinds and floods during bunch maturation change the complete supply scenario, and eventually force the grower to shift to other nonperishable local cash crops like sugarcane and cotton. Conclusion Plantain is one of the major crops of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, being grown on an estimated area of more than 25,000 ha. A restricted harvesting season and its perishable nature makes the crop highly risky. This situation is accentuated by natural and manmade calamities. More than six marketing channels were found to be operating, of which channel 5, where the crop passes directly from producer to retailer, was found to be efficient with reduced price spread and increased farmer’s share, suggesting that cooperative marketing by banana growers directly to retailers is most efficient. This ensures a better share to the producer both for fresh consumption and for processing. Processing of plantains as chips was found to be mainly operating on a small scale with completely manual operation with the processed chips being sold directly to the consumer. Processing of chips on a larger scale has a channel of wholesaler-retail distributor-consumer. There is a need for increased efficiency of chip processing units by mechanisation. A steady supply of plantains all the year round is an important factor in processing, as significant production is restricted to the months of October-November and February-April. Augmentation of the plantain production system and the introduction of suitable cultivars are required for a regular supply of plantains so that processing units are made more profitable. Meanwhile growers’ co-operatives have proposed projects for developing small scale processing units near production sites to facilitate conversion of the raw material into its end products. This would reduce the risks involved in transportation and minimise the deterioration in quality. References Acharya S.S. & N.L. Agarwal. 1987. Agricultural Marketing in India. Oxford and IBH publishing co., New Delhi, India. 380 pp. Anonymous 1994. Annual Report of National Research Centre on Banana (ICAR), Trichy. 52 pp.
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Dépôt légal : 59 - février 2000
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