CONTENTS Certificate 1 Undertaking 2 CONTENTS 3 List of tables 6 Acknowledgement 9 Abbriviations 10 Executive summary 11 1. Introduction 21 1.1. Background and need for study 21 1.2. Research design 22 • research questions - 22 • aim 22 • objectives 22 1.3. Methodology & data base 22 • selection of study area 22 • sampling procedure 23 • data analysis 23 • data source and data base 24 1.4. Scheme of chapters 26 1.5. Scope and limitations 26 2. Literature review 29 2.1 horticulture in india 29 • horticulture production in india 29 • horticulture production in west bengal 29 • issues of horticulture production in india 30 • issues of horticulture production in west bengal 30 2.2 mango in india 30 • mango production in india 30 • mango production in west bengal 31 • mango production in malda 32 • issues of mango production 33 2.3 mango processing 33 • demand of processed mango fruits 33 • food processing in india 34 • new agro infrastructure in malda 34 • food processing industrial infrastructure in malda 34 2.4 mango export 35 • export from india 35 • issues in exporting fresh mango and it’s products 35 2.5 findings and conclusion 35 3. Mango production in malda and its forward linkages 38 • production trend of mango in malda district 39 • productivity trend of mango in malda district 39 3.2 market behaviour in malda 40 • market arrival trend 40 • price and production relations 41 • price and market arrival relations 42 • production and market arrival of mango in regulated markets 43 3.3 agriculture infrastructure 44 • agriculture export zone 44 • local markets 47 • cold storages 47 3.4 post-harvest management of mango in malda 48 • farmers profile 48 • economies of orchard 51 • dependency on mediators 54 • risk avoiding tendency 56 • post-harvest losses 57 3.5 findings and conclusions 58 4. Mango processing industries in malda; problems and prospects 61 4.1 macro view of food processing industries in west bengal 61 • structure 61 • location 61 • size 62 • investment 62 • employmen 62 • net value addition 62 4.2 an overview of mango processing units in malda 63 • entrepreneurs profile of the industries 63 • functioning of industry 64 • raw material source 65 • production and marketing 66 • economic structure of the industries 67 • employment by the mango processing industries 69 4.3 locational importance of malda 70 • raw material 70 • connectivity to rail road airport 72 • proximity to market 72 • agriculture infrastructure 73 • industrial infrastructure 73 • labour availability 73 • technical institutions 73 4.4 finding and conclusion 76 5. Summary findings conclusions and recommendations 79 5.1 summary and key findings 79 5.2 conclusion 80 5.3 recommendations 81 6. Annexure 84 6.1 chittoor success story 84 • success 84 • roles 87 6.2 varieties of mango in malda and chittoor and its usefulness: a comparative analysis 95 • variety for pulp 95 • variety for pickle 96 6.3 other annexures 98 References 0