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Mango-Pulp. One reflection more and we have done
with this subject. The Mango Marketing Committee
calculates that the Konkan farmer can realise Rs. 8/- per
hundred on the spot by canning mango-pulp. This is an
admirable suggestion which we commend to the attention
of the people. It is, however, well known that such an
enterprise cannot be initiated by the people who are mostly
illiterate and in want of capital. We think that the proper
agency to initiate such a venture is the Co-operative
Institute.
CONCLUSION
The following are the main conclusions of this chapter.
(1) that the organization of marketing both daily
necessities and agricultural products is uneconomical;
and
(2) that if put on a co-operative basis, the marketing of
necessities will secure the farmer all the advantages of
large scale purchase, and that of agricultural products will
make an appreciable addition to his income from land.