Impact Assessment of Vegetable Markets on the Socio-Economic Status of Vegetable Farmers in Murshidabad District

Vegetables play a pivotal role in Indian agriculture by providing food, nutritional and economic security to the people of India with higher returns per unit area to the producers. Vegetable Markets are the transaction places for vegetable products. A large number of rural vegetable producers directly depend on the vegetable markets for their socio-economic livelihood. The main objectives of the present study are to identify the vegetable farmers' socio-economic profile and assess the impact of the vegetable markets on the socio-economic status of the farmers. In this study, the transaction of vegetables through different marketing channels and the market margin of the vegetable producer-sellers in the transaction of vegetable products has also been assessed. The study is based on both primary and secondary sources of data. For the primary data collection, a multi-stage sampling technique has been applied. The study concludes that vegetable markets positively impact the farmers' socio-economic development.