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Abstract:
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The present Study is designed to gather, record and
analyse data on history of pepper, pepper production,
procurement and marketing with particular reference to
Kerala. The main emphasis is given to study the'role
of cooperative sector with regard to procurement and
export efforts and also the services rendered by cooperative
sector agencies under MARKETFED and NAFED
to pepper trade. The scope of the Study covers the
botany, methods of cultivation, fertilizer application,
pest control management and other related aspects of
pepper. Taking into consideration Kerala's supremacy
in pepper cultivation and production, detailed study
of its production, procurement, internal and export
marketing with reference to Kerala has been given importance.
As Kerala accounts for 96 per cent1 of the
pepper cultivation and 94 per cent of the pepper production,
the present study is entirely confined to
Kerala |