Marketing of off Season vegetables like pea, frenchbean, cabbage, cauliflower, cabbage, potato (pahari aaloo), capsicum (shimla mirch) etc grown in hills of Himachal
The major
vegetables marketed in APMC yard and peas, frenchbean, cauliflower, cabbage,
capsicum and potato. The marketing season start from April to October. The
first crop comes is pea, the arrival gain momentum from may onwards and if all
remain good, there is glut in market from 20th april to 15 may. The
vegetables are marketed in local mandies of north india and most of produce is
again auctioned in consuming market yards. Major chunk of produce is observed
in delhi azadpur market. There are also a few buyers in market for vegetables,
and the local traders cum commission agents act as buyers as they have to honor
the contracts already taken from various traders across the states. The price
during the auction is opened as per the demand of distance markets, generally
price will depends upon the demand and supply of delhi market.
The price
also depends upon the arrival of produce and completion of truck load by the
traders. The time of auction is also important as truck have to leave on time
so as to reach delhi before the no entry time in the NCR. In case of other
markets of Mumbai, gujrat, and maharastra market produce is dispatched to delhi
and thereafter same is again reloaded in other vehicle carring the produce to
other markets for selling.
The pea and
French bean is unpacked on the floor of auction platform and after auction same
is again graded, sorted and repacked in gunny bags of 45-50 kg weight as per
the requirement of destination market. The cabbage and cauliflower is sold
directly in gunny bages and no repacking is done. The arrival of cabbage and
cauliflower in APMC yard is comparatively less than its production due to
non-availability of sufficient space in yard and buyers are also less due to
which the prices are generally low.
The others
factors which affects the prices of vegetables are:
1. In
dhalli markets there are buyers of vegetables from kolkatta, who participate in
auction. Till then their orders are not complete, there is rise in price of
produce. When their orders competes and more produce is available in market for
auction price falls consequently.
2. Timely
availability of produce as per the requirement of distance market is also
crucial. Completion of truck load according the entry time in NCR will fetch
good price during auction.
3. Quality of produce like tenderness and length
of pencil bean, shape of pod and uniform size of peas fetch good price.
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