Precious Supply Chain Management of Onion (Allium cepa L) by Examining the Production, Quality Expansion and Market Analysis for Food Safety

Abstract

Onion is an important and indispensable vegetable in kitchen as condim ent and vegetable which captures an extensive internal as well as exte rnal market.The green leaves matured and immature bulbs are eaten raw or used in preparation of vegetables.It is used as salad and cooked in various ways, in all curries fries boiled or scorched onion.It is als o used in processed form e.g.flakes, powder, paste, pickles and some s easoning foods.It is valued much on account of its characteristics pun gency which is due to presence of sulphur compound (Ally propyl disulp hide).It possesses some important medicinal properties.The organic oni on is flourishing mainly due to consumer choice.The organic onion is m uch preferred than traditionally grown.It makes an increase in varieti es and selection of onion in retail, supermarket and restaurant.The ma rket plays an important role in determining the pattern as well as the pace of diversification in favor of high-value crops like onion.An in crease in production is of little value unless there is a good marketi ng system.Keeping the above view a research analysis on "Precious supp ly chain management of onion (Allium cepa l) by examining the producti on, quality expansion and market analysis for food safety" was carried out and found among two zones selected such as eastern coastal platea u zone and mid central table land zone, Mid central table land zone fo und most suitable for onion farming and fulfilling all most all farmin g requirements.Effect of organic nutrient and botanical pesticides on onion applied, the best onion varieties response to vermi compost (50% ) that is 2 t/ha + NPK (50:50:50) 50 Kg each/ha was remarkable and bes t organic treatment.Effect of cultivation of different onion varieties found best results with onion variety Agri found Dark Red which has g ot best results in concern to growth and yield.Effect of integrated we ed management on weed density, Dry matter weight of weeds and weed con trol efficiency found best results with weed control treatment one han d weeding at 20 Days After Transplanting + Ridge and furrow making (6" X 6") length X breadth in onion variety N-53.Market survey found best results with variation within experimental period of time analysis fo und Bhubaneswar has lowest variations of onion price from wholesale to retail sell price.And also experimental State have best control over onion price hike during the market research and experiment year that i s survey results from year 2013 -2017.Supply chain management models a nalyses it is concluded that onion SCM developed after survey that is a new model from research to different marketing channel partner invol vement and then grass root label point coverage's prepared and samples are tested in field found best results.E-Onion marketing and digitali zation found a new and best technology to reduce marketing costs and e xamined during experiment founds best response among primary, secondar y and tertiary stock holders.Among different onion farming treatments integrated organic onion production technology found best economic res ults in comparison to conventional onion farming technology that is C: B = 1.97 (Cost Benefit ratio) and net returns are best with organic on ion production technology that is Rs.1,95,802/-(Rs/ha).