Economics of production and marketing of Cucumber in Nawalpur district of Nepal

Khanal, Saugat; Shrestha, Jiban; Lamichhane, Jeevan

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“…23/kg, and 58.93% respectively (Figure 6). Market margin is the price gap between the price paid by consumer and the amount received by the producers (Khanal et al, 2020). Similarly, producer's share is the fractional part of the consumer's payment received by the farmers (Kumar et al, 2017).…”

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This research established a complete framework for tomato value chain (TVC) analysis, thereby facilitating the modeling of the supply chain. Tomato supply chain in Chitwan district of Nepal, due to disorganized marketing channel is facing enormous barriers and obstacles. The central aim of this paper is to investigate the market structure and analyze the value chain so as to prioritize the most effective approach to modify the supply chain. Bharatpur metropolitan city of Chitwan district of Nepal was selected as our study area due to high involvement of potential farmers in tomato sector. A total of 180 respondents were interviewed, including farmers, traders, processors, distributors, and consumers and the data were analyzed using both descriptive and analytical statistics. The study was based on redesigning Porter's value chain for tomato production, processing, and marketing, which can be applied in strengthening the supply chain network. As an economic approach, profitability analysis (B:C ratio, breakeven point), degree of value addition, margin distribution, and price spread were analyzed. Likert-scaling technique was applied for determining the problems in tomato sector. Value addition was found to substantially contribute to effective supply chain management in agricultural sector. The results revealed that the B/C ratio and break-even price were 2.07 and NRs. 58235 (1 NRs. =0.0085 US$) respectively, indicating that tomato is a profitable enterprise. The evidence further revealed that wholesalers were the most benefited actors along the chain. Farmers were observed to add the maximum value to the product. Several constraints were reported to weaken the marketing channel; price fluctuation, lack of marketing information, wholesaler's dominancy over retailers, and faulty marketing system being the major problems. It is recommended that the government and concerned stakeholders need to focus on formulating the policies regarding marketing channel, determining floor and ceiling price for tomato, and encourage the actors to perform value-addition activities so that consumers can get the maximum utility.

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“…It's a summer season (temperature between 18 and 24 °C) short duration (90-100 days) crop that matures quickly. It is used as a cooling food in summer [19,21]. Cucumber grows best on light, heavy, well-drained soil with an abundance of organic matter.…”

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Economic Analysis of Cucumber Market Performance and their Constraints in Sultanpur District of Uttar Pradesh

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Neerugatti

Gautam

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In this paper examine the marketing efficiency, marketing cost, market margin, price spread and marketing constraints in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. A multistage stratified purposive cum random sampling technique was applied for the selection of district, block, villages and respondents. Total 100 growers were selected randomly through proportionate allocation method in the population during 2021-22. The primary data were collected through survey schedule with the help of personal interviews. The objectives were achieved by using shephered's formula for marketing efficiency and Garrett ranking technique for the identify the major marketing constraints. There are three types of marketing channels were observed in cucumber marketing i.e., Channel-I (producer → consumer), Channel-II (producer → retailer → consumer) and Channel-III (producer → wholesaler → retailer → consumer). Overall maximum produce of cucumber was sold by different group of farms through channel-III. Moreover, cucumber growers were also faced different types of marketing constraints. Major three marketing constraints faced by the growers were perishability nature of commodity, lack of storage facilities and grading problems, respectively. Suggestions of cucumber farmers to overcome these constraints are storage facilities in mandi should be provided to the farmers for their perishable products and entrusting government representatives with marketing duties in exchange for a fair fee.

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“…Although cucumber is one of the major cucurbitaceous crops grown in Nepal, its yield is considerably low due to the non-availability of high-yielding varieties that are wellsuited for specific production zones, diseases and pest infestation, and the lack of appropriate cultural practices such as fertilizers, irrigation, staking, drainage, and hoeing (Khanal et al, 2020;Mainali et al, 2020). Considering these factors, cucumber production can be increased by adopting superior varieties that are well-suited to the production zone and superior cultural practices, or by extending the production area under cultivation.…”

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Morpho-agronomic Characterization of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Germplasm for Yield and Yield-associated Traits

Mainali

Jyakhwa²

2023

Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol

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Nepal possesses a rich diversity of cucumber landraces and their wild relatives. The first step towards harnessing the potential of these landraces in crop improvement programs is to identify the amount of genetic variation present among them. This research aimed to evaluate 18 cucumber accessions collected from different regions of Nepal and assess their agro-morphological variation in terms of yield and yield-associated traits under polyhouse condition. A research trial was conducted using Randomized Complete Block Design with two replicates at the National Agriculture Genetic Resources Centre (NAGRC), Khumaltar in 2019. The accessions were characterized using various qualitative and quantitative descriptors, with six focusing on traits related to the fruits of the plant and three on phenology and morphology. The results revealed significant variations among the genotypes for all studied traits. Bhaktapur Local was an excellent genotype for recording yield and associated traits, like fruit dimension, number of fruits per plant and yield per plant, making it the most promising genotype, however, Genebank accessions, such as NGRC08671, NGRC07716 and NGRC08668 could be excellent choices for yield associated traits. Correlation analysis indicated a positive relationship between yield and fruit length, fruit width, and total number of fruits per plant, while vine length was positively correlated with the total number of fruits produced per plant. This study identified several genotypes with desirable traits for yield and yield-associated characteristics, which could be valuable in the development of high-yielding cucumber varieties with superior morphological and agronomic traits in the future. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 11(1): 30-36.

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Economics of production and marketing of Cucumber in Nawalpur district of Nepal

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Morpho-agronomic Characterization of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Germplasm for Yield and Yield-associated Traits

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