Eggs and chana fetch farmers biggest chunk of money spent by users | Agriculture
Eggs and gram (chana) are among the two crops in which farmers share the highest on every rupee spent by the consumers, a clutch of working papers released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over the last few days showed.
The papers which have been written by eminent agriculture economists and researchers including former CACP Chairman Ashok Gulati use primary survey information and secondary data to comprehend the value chain of major crops.
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In the paper on vegetable inflation in India, a study of tomatoes, onions, and potatoes, the paper estimates farmers’ share in the consumer rupee to be around 33 percent for tomatoes, 36 percent for onions, and 37 percent for potatoes.
Another paper which assess the value chain of pulses, it is shown that approximately 75 percent of the consumer rupee spent on gram (chana) circulates back to farmers, while the share is around 70 percent for moong and 65 percent for tur.
When it comes to proteins such as eggs, milk, and meat, the paper on it shows that the farmers’ share in the consumer rupee, works out to be an estimated 70 percent for milk and 75 percent for eggs; for poultry meat, the share of farmers and aggregators taken together is 56 percent.
For fruits such as bananas, mangoes, and grapes, the papers estimate that farmers’ share in the consumer rupee works out to 31 percent for bananas, 35 percent for grapes, and 43 percent for mangoes in the domestic value chain.
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First Published: Oct 06 2024 | 11:31 PM IST
