Measuring knowledge level of value chain partners on value chain management

Abstract

The current investigation was carried out in four major maize growing districts of Telangana with a sample of 160 maize growers and 80 stakeholders. Value chain management is both theory and practice involving actors and activities along a value chain. The term knowledge in current investigation was confined to unearth how far the farmers and other stakeholders were familiar to apply value chain management aspects in their existing situations for obtaining better value to their product. It was observed that less than half percent of the maize growers had medium level of knowledge followed by high and low levels. With regard to the other stakeholder’s majority had high level of knowledge followed by medium and low level.