Marketing Pattern of Large Cardamom in Arunachal Pradesh

A research study was carried out on marketing pattern of large cardamom in Arunachal Pradesh, during the year 2014-15, a total of 100 large cardamom growers were selected from four different villages by a purposive random sampling method. The selected farmers were classified into three groups based on their total land under large cardamom cultivation viz. Category I (0.10-0.50 ha), Category II (0.51 to 1.46 ha) and Category III (= 1.47 ha <). In the study, it was found that 49.00 per cent of the respondents belonged to the age group of below 40 years, followed by 39.00 per cent in the age group between 41-60 years and 12.00 per cent in the age group above 61 years. The sample under study exhibited a male: female ratio of 0.96. A literacy rate of (72.17 per cent) and an illiteracy rate of (27.83 per cent) was observed. The earners constituted about 34.79 per cent of the total sample. 94.00 per cent of the respondents practiced agriculture as their primary occupation and the average size of land holding for the respondents was found out to be 10.20 ha / family. A large portion of about 84.58 per cent of the total land was found to be under jhum cultivation with an average of 8.65 ha.