Economic analysis of rice milling industry in central Kerala (Record no. 163792)
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| fixed length control field | 04138nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 630.33 |
| Item number | ATH/EC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Athira B |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Economic analysis of rice milling industry in central Kerala |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Vellanikkara, Thrissur |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Horticulture |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 74p. |
| 502 ## - DISSERTATION NOTE | |
| Dissertation note | MSc |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Abstract | Rice milling is the oldest and the largest agro processing industry of the<br/>country. At present it has a turnover of more than Rs. 25,500/- crore per annum. It<br/>processes about 85 million tonnes of paddy per year and provides staple food grain<br/>and other valuable products required by over 60 per cent of the population. As<br/>demand for food grain increases with the growth of population, the need for<br/>efficient paddy processing units is felt in the country. Main challenges<br/>encountered by the rice processors are to find appropriate solutions for quality rice<br/>processing and meeting the demand of current population growth rate. This work<br/>provides the basic information about the economics of rice mills in Kerala, factors<br/>affecting the milling efficiency and also will study the stakeholder responses<br/>(farmers, traders, and millers) on the rice milling industry.<br/>The study was based on both Primary and secondary data. The primary was<br/>collected from stakeholders in milling industry in Palakkad and Ernakulam<br/>districts of Kerala. This includes millers, farmers and traders of Palakkad and<br/>Ernakulum districts. Data was collected from 40 mills (20 from each district),<br/>farmers and traders. The year 2016-17 is considered as the year of reference.<br/>Capital investment pattern of rice mills in Palakkad and Ernakulam districts<br/>were calculated and analysed. The results showed that from 1980 to 2017<br/>investment on rice mills had increased from Rs. 30 lakh to 300 lakh. Capitallabour<br/>ratio of 40 rice mills were also calculated and showed an inverse relation<br/>between the ratio and capacity of rice mills. Low capital- labour ratio indicated a<br/>higher profitability and employment generation in rice mills.<br/>Response of the rice millers to the processing industry was analyzed.<br/>Millers purchase paddy from farmers in weekly, monthly seasonally and irregular<br/>time intervals. Major varieties preferred by the rice millers were Uma, Jaya,<br/>Jyothi and TK-9. They mainly procure the paddy varieties from Tamil Nadu and<br/>Karnataka farmers compared to the farmers in Palakkad and Alappuzha districts<br/>due to the low price. Milling, polishing, supply to the exporters, local trading and by product trading are the major processing activities in rice mills. Major buyers<br/>of rice from the rice mills were Traders, consumers, restaurants and public<br/>agencies with varying number.<br/>Efficiency analysis of rice mills was done using three tools such as<br/>percentage analysis, financial ratio and Data Envelopment Technique. Capacity<br/>utilization of rice mills were calculated using percentage analysis and found to be<br/>higher for large capacity rice mills followed by medium and small capacity rice<br/>mills. Financial ratios used were B:C ratio, Gross margin and Operating expense<br/>ratio and proved that all the rice mills in Palakkad and Ernakulam were running<br/>on a profitable basis. Data envelopment analysis showed the efficiency of rice<br/>mills with a mean technical efficiency of 0.95 in Palakkad and 0.96 in Ernakulam.<br/>Mean scale efficiency value of 0.91 and 0.93 was obtained from Palakkad and<br/>Ernakulam districts respectively. Peer count and input targets of both districts<br/>were also obtained from DEA analysis.<br/>Major constraints in the rice milling industry were identified using Garret<br/>ranking technique. Maintenance cost, labour shortage and irregularity in paddy<br/>supply were the main three hindrances to the smooth functioning of rice mills.<br/>With the increase in demand for processed rice in India and Kerala there is great need to improve the quality of rice and installed capacity of processing |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Agricultural Economics |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chitra Parayil (Guide) |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810145864 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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| Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Not For Loan | Reference Book | KAU Central Library, Thrissur | KAU Central Library, Thrissur | Theses | 20/02/2019 | 630.33 ATH/EC | 174408 | 20/02/2019 | Theses |