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Onion dehydration industry in Gujarat state of India: issues of competitiveness, expansion and diversification

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  • Subrata Dutta
  • Richa Mandan

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The fruits and vegetables processing industries have tremendous potentials in creating income and employment for rural labour-force. This study is concerned with the problems and prospects of the cluster of onion dehydration enterprises located in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat state in India. The issues that concern the entrepreneurs of the onion dehydration industry have not been discussed much in the existing literature. Gujarat ranks second in India, after Maharashtra state, in terms of onion production, and ranks first in terms of productivity. That is why we have selected Gujarat for this study. Dehydrated onion has very limited market in India; this industry mainly markets their products in foreign countries. India's international competitiveness is found to be contingent upon several local/regional factors that have been thoroughly investigated in this paper. In addition, we have carried out econometric analyses to identify the determinants of financial expansion and diversification of the processing industry.

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  • Subrata Dutta & Richa Mandan, 2020. "Onion dehydration industry in Gujarat state of India: issues of competitiveness, expansion and diversification," International Journal of Economics and Business Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 20(2), pages 192-216.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijecbr:v:20:y:2020:i:2:p:192-216
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