Abstract
The present paper reveals that amongst all the NTFPs tamarind contributes highest income with 39.22 per cent having three different marketing channels in Bastar district, Channel-I (Collector-Consumer), Channel-II (Collector-Local retailer (Kochia)-Wholesaler-Consumer) and Channel-Ill (Collector-CGMFPFED (via commission agent)-Consumer). The producer's share of consumer rupee was found highest for Channel-I at 89.57per cent, followed by 50.63 and 34.34 per cent in Channel-II and III, respectively. The net margin for kochia and wholesaler were 14.48 and 22.28 per cent respectively in Channel-II and 49.84 per cent for CGMFPFED in Channel-Ill. The total marketing cost was highest at Rs. 790.90 for Channel-I, due to processing, packaging and grading, followed by Rs. 359.35 and 195.00 for Channel-II & I respectively. The very low price of tamarind, lack of transport, storage and finance facilities followed by high level of exploitation by traders often discourages the gatherers interest for tamarind marketing.
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