Working Performance of Agricultural Producers' Cooperative Marketing Societies in Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

The establishment of cooperative marketing societies paves the way to overcome the problems arising out of the present system of  marketing agricultural produce .The objectives of economic development  and social justice of the country aims to channelize the agriculture produces through cooperative institutions .Private agencies dominate the Indian food grains trade .Farmers complain of the marketing system because  they get lower prices , mainly due to high marketing charges and the prevalence of malpractices .The efforts of the government to improve the marketing system of agricultural commodities have been only partially successful in creating healthy conditions for scientific and efficient marketing .This paper attempts to analyse the performance of cooperative marketing societies in Namakkal District .