Vol. 8, Special Issue 6 (2020)
Analysis of adoption level of post-harvest practices and value addition of Arecanut growers in Salem district of Tamil Nadu
Author(s): V Mohanraj, R Velusamy and K Prabakaran
Abstract: Arecanut is a one of the cash crop in India. India accounts 49.74 per cent of its world production and ranks first in terms of production. In the process of harvesting and processing of nuts more than 30,000 farm workers are involved either directly or indirectly. An expost-facto research design was used for the study with a sample size of 120 arecanut farmers by employing proportionate random sampling technique. Four-fifth of the respondents (80.80 per cent) had medium level of overall adoption of post-harvest practices. Most of the respondents (90.83 per cent) assessed the nut maturity by skin colour of the nut. 79.17 per cent of the respondents harvested the nuts by tree climber with sickle and 20.83 per cent of respondents harvested their nuts by employing the local made harvester for harvesting of nuts. The 45.83 per cent of the respondents practiced hapi because it is preferred by traders.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i6a.10821
Pages: 25-28 | 931 Views 230 Downloads
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V Mohanraj, R Velusamy and K Prabakaran. Analysis of adoption level of post-harvest practices and value addition of Arecanut growers in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2020; 8(6): 25-28. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i6a.10821
