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Study of Agri Export Produce from Krishi Upaj Mandi, Dewas, M.P. - A Case Study

Awdhesh Singh, Laxmi and R.P. Sharma

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Agriculture is the primary source of income for rural families in India. About 65 percent of the population is directly dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. Madhya Pradesh is a state blessed with vast natural resources, rich cultural heritage, and excellent industrial base coupled with a progressive investor friendly government located in central India. Major crops grown in the state are paddy, Wheat, maize, Jowar among cereals, Gram, Arhar, urd and Moong among pulses while soybean, ground nut and mustard among oil seeds. The Dewas district comes under the Malwa_plateau agro climatic zone of M.P. The major crops of the district are Soybean, Gram and Wheat are grown in 270.25, 130.68 and 114:15 Thousand hectare respectively. Madhya Pradesh has three agro export zone. The Indore has been declared as special agri export zone of the state which is 35 km away from the district headquarter of Dewas. From Dewas mandi, traders export Gram and Wheat with in the country and abroad as well. Under the Gram, Kabuli and Dollar (local) and in Wheat, Lok-1 and Sarbati verities are exported from Dewas Mandi. In case of Gram, 20 -30 thousand tones per month and in Wheat, 50 -70 thousand tone of the produce has been exported per month from Dewas Mandi. Brown colored Gram is exported from Dewas Mandi. In case of Wheat, grade has been classified according to the grain color. The white colored grain of Wheat i.e. grade -2, Wheat contributes the 50.00 percent of the total Wheat export from Dewas Mandi

Keyword: Agri Exports produce, krishi Upaj Mandi, Agriculture produce.

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