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P. JAHNAVI KEERTHI PRIYA*, B. APARNA AND P. SUMATHI
Department of Agricultural Economics, Agircultural College, Mahanandi, ANGRAU, A.P., India
In view of the potentiality of maize crop in Kurnool district, the analysis pertaining to growth performance and marketing aspects has assumed greater significance. Regarding growth performance of maize in Kurnool district, improvement in irriga-tion facilities like Telugu Ganga project and K.C canal command and popularization of drip irrigation facilities have contributed much towards the drastic increase in area under maize. The Compound Growth Rate (CGR) analysis revealed that, the increase in production of maize was mainly due to increase in area under cultivation rather than productivity in Kurnool district. Among the two marketing channels identified in transacting maize in Kurnool district, Channel-II was found to have higher MEI when compared with Channel-I. The Government should construct roads for easy transport of produce to the market centres. Instead of transporting the produce individually from the farm gate to the district market centre, it is essential to establish a loading station in the vicinity of the villages, so as to assemble the produce at loading station and transport it to the market centre on cost effective basis.