Abstract

The present study was conducted to analyze the supply chain of major vegetables in the Darrang district of Assam. Both input and output supply chains for selected vegetables are studied. Input supply chain and marketing channels were identified. The important vegetables selected were brinjal, bottle gourd, tomato and cabbage for detailed analysis. Two important markets viz., Kharupetia and Besimari were selected and from the surrounding villages of each market from which bulk of products come to the market, three villages were selected randomly. A simple random sample of 20 percent was drawn without replacement from marginal, small, medium and large categories of farmers from the selected villages. The majority of the farmers (72.50 %) preferred their input source as a local dealer. For brinjal six numbers, for bottle gourd five numbers, for tomato six numbers and for cabbage, four numbers of marketing channels were identified. Among the farmers, 27.43 percent of brinjal growers, 32.16 percent of bottle gourd growers and 22.68 percent of tomato growers sold their produce through channel no-5 and 34.1 percent of cabbage growers sold their produce to the wholesaler through channel no-3.

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