Value Chain Analysis of Chickpea in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to identify value chain actors and assessed the value addition by each actor of chickpea in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. The primary data was collected from 200 respondents in two blocks of Kurnool having higher area under chickpea. The study identified village traders, commission agents, dal millers, wholesalers, retailers and consumers as major value chain actors in the study area. It was found that the farmers sell their produce to the village trader at the farm gate itself in absence of any market information. Other than that, farmers used a marketing channel where the margins and costs were higher, causing more price spread and lower producer's share in consum-er's rupee and evidently low marketing efficiency. The analysis of value chain of chickpea revealed that the farmer/producer was the least profit earners compared to other stakeholders. The dal miller added highest value to the chickpea while the least was added by the producer.