Studies attempted to analyze the marketing margin of groundnut value-added products of farmers in Myinmu Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar

ABSTRACT In Myanmar, major oilseed crops are groundnut, sesame, sunflower, mustard and niger. Among the oilseed crops, groundnut is one of the most popular edible oil and protein producing crops in the world. The study attempted to analyze marketing margin of groundnut value-added products of groundnut farmers in the study area. A total of 150 sample groundnut farmers were chosen with purposive random sampling method in Myinmu Township, Sagaing Region in 2018. In the data analysis, descriptive analysis, cost and return analysis and marketing margin analysis were used. The findings indicated that sample groundnut farmers received the highest benefit cost ratio (BCR) from selling as seeds (1.97) and the lowest BCR from selling as pods (1.0) during the crop season. Although 73.81% of total groundnut production was sold by sample groundnut farmers, 26.19% of total groundnut production was excluded for home consumption and reserved seeds for next season. The marketed surplus of ...