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Market Integration and Causality of Major Garlic Markets in Uttar Pradesh State

Jhade Sunil*

Market integration of agricultural products gained importance in developing countries due to its potential application to develop the national economy. Garlic is one of the important bulb crops cultivated in most of the states in India, Uttar Pradesh is the third largest garlic producer state in India. Garlic prices shows were volatile in the past few years, it exposing the growers to more risk, as well as a consumer paying more money to purchase produce, the reason for lack of market intelligence about the potential markets and the pattern of arrivals and prices further add to the distresses of the garlic growers. This paper aims to assess the extent and integration among garlic major markets and to study price movement of garlic major markets in Uttar Pradesh by using different tests, V