LINKING FARMERS TO FUNCTION HALL (F2F): AN AGRICULTURAL MARKETING PERSPECTIVE By BHAVYA, A. P. Ph. D Scholar Department of Agricultural Economics University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru – 65. Report submitted to the CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH NATIONAL INSTITUE OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN – 302033 In a fulfillment of requirement for the Research Internship 1 Ms. Bhavya, A. P. Ph.D. Scholar, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru - 65. Phone: +919844282583 Email id:
[email protected] Ms. Bhavya, A. P. is a Ph. D. Scholar at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. She has completed her graduation from University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, and did the Master in Agricultural Economics from University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Her present Ph.D. research work is on “Exploration of Present Farming System for Enhancing Farm Income: An Economic Analysis of Constraints, Challenges and Potentials in Southern Dry Zone and Eastern Dry Zone of Karnataka”. She has earlier worked with RDPR Department, Govt. of Karnataka as Technical Assistant and University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru as Assistant Professor for one year each and worked as Research Intern at CCS NIAM, Jaipur, Rajasthan. I am Bhavya, A. P. completed my Research Internship at CCS NIAM under the guidance of Dr. S. R. Singh, Dy. Director and Chairperson, Center for Monitoring and Evaluation & Center for ICT and E-NAM, CCS NIAM, Jaipur. My research is on “Linking Farmers to Function Hall: An Agricultural Marketing Perspective.” The study was conducted in Arsikere Taluk, Hassan District, Karnataka State with the sample size of 30 respondents. The result of the study raveled that if farmers are directly link with the function hall, the marginal cost of farmers Rs.