Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: The food processing sector encourages the demand for agricultural crops and raw materials used for value addition, raising the income of the farmers and, in turn, promote economic growth and the development of the nation.Kerala is one of the major states in the food processing sector of India.In this processing process, the farmers are providing necessary raw materials to producers for timely production.This research attempts to identify the problems faced by farmers regarding their inability to provide necessary raw materials for the food processing sector of Kerala by studying 240 farmers.Factor analysis is used to identify the factors affecting farmers'inability to provide raw materials for production, and structured equation modelling is used to measure the effectiveness of the model used for this research.The empirical findings suggest the government should provide more credit at lower interest rates, as well as credit subsidies and quality seeds, standard fertilizers and pesticides at reasonable prices to farmers.
Source: Orissa Journal of Commerce
Author: Vipin Benny
Institution: St. Thomas College (Autonomous)
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4392017228