This PSEB 9th Class Agriculture Notes Chapter 4 Marketing of Farm Produce will help you in revision during exams.
PSEB 9th Class Agriculture Notes Chapter 4 Marketing of Farm Produce
→ If marketing is done in a proper way one can earn more income.
→ For good marketing, one should take care of the crop from the time of sowing.
→ Sow good quality of a variety of the crop which can be sold easily and can earn good money.
→ Sowing, hoeing, irrigation, use of weedicides and insecticides, etc. should be done with expert opinions.
→ After threshing, weigh the produce.
→ Dispose of the produce after grading.
→ Get a form and receipt from the purchaser so that farmer could know their gains and investment.
→ Produce should be marketed through cooperative societies.
→ Punjab Mandi Board has set up mechanical handling units in Punjab in some of the man dies.
→ Bulk handling units have been established by ‘Food Corporation of India at Mandi Gobindgarh, Moga, and Jagraon for storage and handling of wheat on large scale.
→ Farmers should keep and get the information and knowledge of the markets near them.
→ Rates can be known from Radio, T.V., and Newspapers, etc.
→ In case of any problem in the disposal of the produce farmer can contact higher officials of the market.