ABSTRACT
This paper makes an attempt to study the magnitude, determinants, marketing channels and distress sale of marketed surplus of paddy across the different villages and farm sizes under study in Subarnapur district of Odisha state.The marketable surplus is found positively influenced by the size of output and nature of market for selling it. The informal marketing channel is more active in the area and formal (regulated market) are mostly beneficial to higher farm sizes. Hence Distress sale takes place despite various policies of the government. The strategy for paddy marketing may be revamped.
Key Words:- Paddy Marketing, Marketed Surplus, credit inter-linkages