National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Tamil Nadu stands first in processing of tapioca into starch and sago. The yield of tapioca is about 25-30 t/ha in and around Salem. About 387 tapioca processing units are engaged tapioca processing and also under the membership of sago serve in Salem district. Present study aims to quantify cost and returns of tapioca processing industry in different scale of production and also identified the problems faced by the processors. Net return realized in the smallest firm is 16.79 lakh and it increasing across the scale of production and it was 120.11 lakh for largest firm. The Major constraints faced by processing firm were unavailability quality raw material, high cost of electricity and frequent power cuts in the study area. This study suggests that government should take necessary action to guard the investors of tapioca processing industry.
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