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CONTENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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02
COMPANY PROFILE
05
03
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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04
LITERATURE REVIEW
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05
35
06
44
07
45
08
CONCLUSION
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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ANNEXURE
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Acknowledgement
I express my sincere gratitude to all the people who have played a part in the
successful completion of the Summer Internship Program.
I am highly grateful to Mr. Sandeep for his valuable time in helping and guiding me,
throughout this summer internship program. I am also thankful to the staff members of the
Namdeo Umaji Agritech Ind.pvt .Ltd. for giving me their valuable time and
information whenever needed.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank our HOD, Dr. Prof. Mrs. S. P. Walvekar
for giving me valuable inputs for completion of this project. I would also like to express
my deepest thanks to the internal project guide Prof. Mrs. Shraddha Khoje for giving me
the necessary insight into my study.
Amitesh R. Sabale
MBA II
Chapter 01
EXECUTIVE SUMMERY OF THE PROJECT
To find out demand for INTER-16 sprayer brand in Junnar tahasil of Pune district.
iii.
availability
1.4 Hypothesis:
1.6 Methodology:
The research approach used was survey method, in which 100 Farmers were
surveyed. The survey was conducted mainly in Narayangaon, Manchar, Pargaon-Mangrul
and Nimgaon Sava of Junnar tahasil in Pune district.
Questionnaire was used as research instruments to gather the information with an
intension to find the customer preference for INTER 16 sprayers.
Primary data The data collected was primary data through survey method in which
Questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting data, as well as direct observation made of
the farmers of Junnar tahasil of Pune district.
Secondary data
Secondary
data
was
collected
through
website
of
the
company
i.e.
It was found that Namdeo Umaji Agritech India. Pvt.Ltd has good market share in
Junnar Tahasil.
Nearly 56% of Farmers in the area are provided with credit facility by other
companies.
It was found that service provided by all companies was regular & satisfactory.
There is need to redistribute area to the distributors depending on the capacity and
The outliers are very curious about the schemes that these company offers,
The executive should also continuously interact with farmers to understand the
Demonstrations should be arranged in the village, guiding the use of product by the
company experts.
1.13 Conclusion:
Due to less awareness and unavailability of the INTER-16 spraying Brand in the
market it results into negligible demand.
CHAPTER: 02
COMPANY PROFILE
Namdeo umaji Agritech (I) Pvt.Ltd. was established in the year 1885 by
shri.Namdeo Umaji Bhalinge, Mumbai. The company has its significant share in Indian
agriculture and gardening market. The company is providing services to farmers and
gardener all over India. The farmers look at the company as a major player in agriculture
evolution in India. It is one of the most admired, fastest growing company with focus
towards diverse business like innovations, crop protection chemicals, seeds, growth
medias, international business.
Over the period the company has earned massive experience in producing and marketing
agriculture products. The seeds provided are the results of extensive study and much
admired know-how by the companys technical team. It has been selling imported
vegetables seeds, flower seeds, garden tools, dealing with peat substrates from European
market, and recently also started dealing with the chemical sprayers.
2.1 Company vision:
To be a leader in every market they serve. To be admired for innovative business
practices and high performance standards. The company focuses on delighted customers.
Imports spray pumps from Goizper S. Spain under brand name INTER for spraying
pesticides.
2.3.3 R.S.Sales Corporation
Imports natural Organic Seaweed Foliar from Harveson, Philippines under the
brand name FREEGROW and distributes all over India. This is sprayed for plants healthy
and vigorous growth.
The company has recently launched the most comprehensive one stop
shop-GARDENIA. This will deliver entire gardening solutions in Pune Baner road. For
your home gardening with wide varieties of exotic flowers. Variety of farm tools and
equipments, manures, and fertilizers, ceramic pots and garden dcor etc. We continue to
be a leader in marketing of quality seeds by cultivating industry relation among retailers
2.3.5 Research and Development Lab
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Research is an unending part of quest for quality. Only persistent experiments can
result in supreme quality end products. The company has set its own research,
development and demo farm at Uralikanchan, 30 km away from Pune. The seeds of
vegetables and flowers are tested for parameters before introducing to farmers. Companys
research experts are providing strong technical services to Indian farmers by giving tech
information on suggestions on different crops through field days, literatures and articles in
agricultural magazines, journals.
2.3.6 Namdeo Umaji Agritech(India) Pvt. Ltd. is very pleased to meet you on our
Website having many introduced vegetables and flowers seeds of new varieties in the new
times.
Namdeo Umaji Agritech (India) Pvt. Ltd. has been making great contribution to the eating
habits of cosmopolitans for about 115 years with the spirit of "Seeding with Trust,
Harvesting with Smile."
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Not
without
reason
is
our
Moto:
We never forget what our Seed grows up to be. We continue to be a leader in marketing
of quality seeds by cultivating industry relation among retailers, produce handlers and
growers.
Organization Structure
Board of Directors
Finance Dept.
Marketing Dept.
National Sales Manager
sddsdmmmads
managermmana
ger
Sales Representative
Field Assistant
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R&D Dept.
Company
Distributor
Retailer
Customer
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Product Information
2.4 Sprayers:
Sprayers are the machine to apply fluids in the form of droplets. Sprayer is used
for the following purposes:
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
2.
3.
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1.
2.
It should deliver the liquid at sufficient pressure so that it reaches all the
foliage and spreads entirely over the sprayed surface
3.
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High volume spray (more than 400 liters spray/ha): -The dilute liquids are applied
by hydraulic machines. It consumes more time and labour.
Low volume sprays (5 to 400 liters spray/ha): -it uses air stream from a fan as a
pesticide carrier with small quantities of liquid. There is saving of material and
labour.
Ultra low volume (ULV) spray(less than 5 liters spray/ha.): -ULV spraying can be
defined as plant protection operation in which total volume of liquid applied
amount to a few milli liters/acre. It is mainly used in aircraft spraying.
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Specially
designed
for
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sprayers are tank; pump assembly, lever rod with operating handle, 1 or 2 shoulder strap
and discharge line.
4. Stirrup pump
STIRRUP SPRAYER
spraying
and
for
2.10 SPRAYERS
Manual, retained pressure type knapsack sprayer made of top quality materials, corrosionproof and non-subject to attack by treatment products used in agriculture and gardening
Today, it is as critical as it was decades ago, to ensure crop protecting products are applied
in the safest, effective and efficient manner. Much progress has been made but there are
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and/or support local legislation, Codes of Practice and other initiatives that share
comparable ideals to these BSPs. It is hoped that these BSPs support rather than conflict
with that approved and recognized
a) The eccentricity means that the activation arm and the point of support of the
chamber are closer together. This makes it easier to work the lever, reduces wear
on friction parts and thus gives the sprayer and its components a longer lifetime.
Being a single unit, the chamber has fewer parts to maintain and the suction tube
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cannot be deformed. The unit's large capacity means better retention of liquid under
pressure, and therefore fewer pistons -strokes to maintain ideal, highly regular
spraying.
b) A part from its normal job, the filter also seals off and lets through the liquid via
the
joint
action
of
its
viton
seals
and
the
spring.
Reversible: The leaver can be worked with either the right or left hand.
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Mechanical agitator.
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Net weight
3.15 kg
Gross weight
3.80 kg
Packaging measurements
Units/m3
20 u
Tank capacity
16.8 Ltr.
Test pressure
Hose length
1.30 m - 51"
Strap length
1+1 m. - 39"+39"
Strap width
4cm - 1.60"
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1.
Tank of typical sprayers: To hold the spray fluid which the fluid is drawn
in through a suction pipe.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Pressure gauge: To record pressure at various points such as tanks and all
discharge points.
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7.
Valve: - When the pressure put in exceeds a set limit, it can be released
through a safety valve. The valves are also provided to govern the direction of the
flow of spray fluid.
8.
9.
Lance: -A metal or bamboo tube attached to the outer end of the hose.
10.
the liquid from the machine into droplets and spread them as spray. Nozzles are of
different designs for different rates of discharge and for low pressure control. In
this type of nozzle the spray fluid is made to rotate by a swirl plate by means of
slanting holes in it or spiral screw threats on it. Nozzle producing solid cone sprays
are used where a more even coverage is desired as in weed control and for spot
treatment.
2.15 Types of Nozzles
1. Hollow cone nozzle
2.
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Pesticide Sprayers
Item Code: sha-1, Shankar is also a big competitor for INTER 16 sprayer.
Pesticide Sprayers
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Item Code: SR-60 Hi-tech (SRP/60), Hi-tech is also one of the competitor for INTER 16
sprayer
Chapter 03
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Namdeo Umaji Agritech (I) Pvt. Ltd.:- In Brief
Namdeo Umaji Agritech (I) Pvt. Ltd. has its significant share in Indian agriculture
and gardening market. The company is providing services to farmers and gardeners all
over India. They look at the company as a major player in agriculture evolution in India. It
is one of the most admired, fastest growing company with focus towards diverse business
like innovations, crop protection chemicals, seeds, growth medias, agricultural
instruments, international business.
3.2 Title of the project:
Study of customer preferences of INTER-16 Knapsack sprayers pump brand in Junnar
tahasil of Pune district
3.3 Objectives of study
To find out demand for INTER-16 sprayer brand in Junnar tahasil of Pune district.
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Service
availability
1.4 Hypothesis:
Awareness being low market share of INTER 16 is less than other sprayers
Research in common parlance refers to search for knowledge. One can also define research
as a scientific and systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic. In fact
research is an art of scientific investigation. Redman and Mory define research as a
Systematized effort to gain new knowledge. The advance learners dictionary of current
English lays down the meaning of research as A careful investigation or inquiry
especially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge.
Research is an academic activity and as such the term should used in a technical scene.
According to Clifford Woody, research comprise defining and redefining problems,
formulating hypothesis or suggested solutions; collecting, organizing and evaluating data;
making deductions and researching conclusions; and at last carefully testing the conclusion
to determining whether they fit the formulating hypothesis. In short, the search for
knowledge through objective and systematic method of finding solution to a problem is
search.
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Marketing managers often commission formal marketing studies of specific problems and
opportunities. They may request a market survey, a product-preference test, a sales forecast
by region, or an advertising evaluation. It is the job of the marketing researcher to produce
insight into the customer's attitudes and buying behavior. We define marketing research as
the systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data and findings relevant to a
specific marketing situation facing the company. Marketing research is now about a $16.5
billion industry globally, according to ESOMAR, the World Association of Opinion and
Market Research Professionals. A company can obtain marketing research in a number of
ways. Most large companies have their own marketing research departments, which often
play crucial roles within the organization.
Marketing research is not limited to large companies with big budgets and marketing
research departments. At much smaller companies, marketing research is often carried out
by everyone in the company and by customers, too.
A marketing research project starts with an information need. It ends with an actionable
report or presentation or both. In between are various steps to ensure that the marketing
research project achieves what it set out to do.
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Plan and do
secondary
research
Plan and do
. research
primary
Tabulation and
analysis
Marketing
action
Research methodology depends, to the target population, and how easy or difficult to
access it is. The second factor which influences research methodology is, of course, the
importance of decisions which will be taken based on the research. The accuracy level
required is based on the critically of the decision, which will follow:
The major parts of the research methodology are:
1. Research method- secondary and primary
2. Sampling plan
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3. Questionnaire design
4. Field work plan
5. Analysis plan
3.7 Research in brief
The research was carried out to determine the customer preferences for INTER16 sprayers
Sample Deign:
Method of sampling: The sampling method used for project was non-random
sampling and judgmental/purposive sampling.
Sample size: As it was not possible to sample the entire target population, so in this
case 60 farmers where surveyed.
Primary Data: The data collected was primary data through Questionnaire method
as well as direct observation made with farmers in Junnar tahasil of Pune district.
Secondary Data: Secondary data was collected through website of the company
i.e. www.namdeoumajiagritech.com, books (marketing Management).
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The researcher can gather secondary data, primary data, or both. Secondary data are data
that were collected for another purpose and already exist somewhere. Primary data are
data freshly gathered for a specific purpose or for a specific research project.
Researchers usually start their investigation by examining some of the rich variety of
secondary data to see whether the problem can be partly or wholly solved without
collecting costly primary data. Secondary data provide a starting point and offer the
advantages of low cost and ready availability. When the needed data do not exist or are
dated, inaccurate, incomplete, or unreliable, the researcher will have to collect primary
data. Most marketing research projects involve some primary-data collection.
The normal procedure is to interview some people individually or in groups, to get a sense
of how people feel about the topic in question, and then develop a formal research
instrument, debug it, and carry it into the field.
3.9Research Approaches
Primary data can be collected in five main ways: through observation, focus
groups, surveys, behavioral data, and experiments.
3.10 Questionnaires
A questionnaire consists of a set of questions presented to respondents. Because of
its flexibility, the questionnaire is by far the most common instrument used to collect
primary data. Questionnaires need to be carefully developed, tested, and debugged before
they are administered on a large scale. In preparing a questionnaire, the researcher
carefully chooses the questions and their form, wording, and sequence. The form of the
question can influence the response. Marketing researchers distinguish between closed-end
and open-end questions. Closed-end questions specify all the possible answers and provide
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answers that are easier to interpret and tabulate. Open-end questions allow respondents to
answer in their own words and often reveal more about how people think. They are
especially useful in exploratory research, where the researcher is looking for insight into
how people think rather than measuring how many people think a certain way and see
"Marketing Memo: Questionnaire Dos and Don'ts."
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Chapter: 04
LITERATURE REVIEW
4.1 Market Potential:
Market Potential is total level of sales achievable in a market assuming that every
potential customer in that market is buying, that they are using the product on every
possible occasion, and they are using the full amount of product on each occasion.
Market potential signifies the anticipated sales of goods or services for the entire industry
in a market for a certain period of time. Market potential measures the likely demand for a
product or service in a country, or any other defined trade area.
With market potential data company can:
Make informed decisions about products and services based on latest trend and
consumers demand.
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4.3Advertising:
Any paid form of non personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods or services, by
an identified sponsor. Beyond its reach advertising is also very expressive, it allows
company to dramatize its product through the artful use of visual, print, sound. Advertising
can trigger quick sales.
4.4 Sales Promotion:
Short term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of product or service. Sales
promotion tools attract consumer attention, offer strong incentives to purchase and to boost
sales. Major sales promotion tools are as follows:
1. Sample- A sample amount of the product offered to consumer for trial.
2. Point of Purchase Promotion: Display and demonstration that takes place at
point of purchase or sale.
3. Discount: A straight reduction in price on purchases during a stated period of
time.
4. Price pack: Reduce price that is marked by producer directly in the label or
package.
4.5 Personal Selling:
Personal presentation by the firms sale force for the purpose of making sales and adding
customer relationship. It involves personal interaction between two or more people, each
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person can observe the others needs and characteristics and make quick adjustments.
Includes sales presentation and trade show.
4.6 Direct marketing:
Direct connections with carefully targeted individual consumers to both obtain and mediate
response and cumulative lasting customer relationship. Direct marketing is done to
following reason-
Service and support Company uses knowledge gained from direct contact before
and after sales, to provide customer service.
Latest technology- The latest relevant technology is introduced in its product much
more quickly.
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Thomhill et al. (1995) showed that the converse of maximizing pesticide contact on to the
target is the minimization of contamination both of the operator and the environment. One
of the top priorities in herbicide spraying is the accurate placement of larger (150 )
droplets, with minimal drift to non target plants. If weed leaves are the target, there is a
need to balance low drift requirement with a droplet size that is small enough to retained
by the leaf surface. Control of droplet size also reduces the risk operator contamination.
Herbicide application with governed spinning disc sprayer (the Herbi and Harbaflex)
could reduce operator exposure by 2.7-4.4 times in comparison with lever-operated
knapsack sprayers, fitted with hollow cone or deflector nozzles. However, exposure can
also be reduced by training operators to improve application techniques and make minor
modification to conventional knapsack sprayers (by incorporation of devices such as
constant-pressure valves).
ULV spraying
When the last major desert locust plague ended 25 years ago the techniques
of ultra-low volume (ULV) spraying had just been developed, mainly for applying
dieldrin, both from air (courshee, 1959) and through exhaust nozzle sprayers, which were
developed specifically for this purpose (sayer and Rainey,1958).
MacCuaig (1983) found that alternative pesticide for locust control has been
tested by topical application in the laboratory but there have been relatively few rigorous
fields trials. Fenitrothion has become the standard pesticides and has been used
extensively at the area dosage recommended in the locust hand book (Steedman, 1988)
although the only adequate field trials have been against Australia plague locust (Nguyen,
1983). Very large quantities of pesticides in ULV formulations have been applied over vast
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areas during the more resent desert locust plague. But often without adequate field trials to
determine the areas dosage required for effective control.
Rainey and Sayer (1953) studies that the first effective swarm control using
an aerial ULV spraying technique was carried out in eastern Africa and this is considered
by many to be the most practical application method of desert locusts. In their review of
control techniques for this species, Bennett and Symmons (1972) indicated that area
dosages for effective control are greater for settled locust than for settling or flying swarms
(although assessing the accuracy of estimates of effectiveness is difficult). An aerial spray
treatment of a flying locust swarm is often quoted being the most efficient example of
pesticides dose transfer to any insect pest; MacCuaig and watts (1963) estimated 6%
efficiency in terms of a ratio of kill to a toxicity coefficient. MacCuaig and Yeats (1972)
estimates that higher efficiencies of up to 20% could be achieved with these toxic spray
curtains prompting Courshee (1991) and other to propose volume application rates as low
as 0.2 L/ha. Air to air spraying of swarms is hazardous, and the special skills of redeployed
wartime pilots appear to have been lost in many control areas. Thus in spite of the
technical arguments, most aerial application is block spraying, several square kilometers at
a time, against hopper bands are settled (FAO,1992).
4.7 Effect of sprayer design on spraying
Dobson et al. (1995) studied that in contrast to the relative stasis in vehiclemounted locust sprayer design until the late 1980s, portable ULV sprayers benefited from
developments in ULV technology for cotton and cereal spraying in the 1970s. companies
such as Turbair and Berthoud were producing hand held battery operated spinning disc
sprayers and these were gradually being refined to be more reliable and more economical
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with battery power. They were adopted as very useful locust control tool for use in
impassable zone and for mopping up small pockets remaining after larger, scale
operations. When manpower is available teams of operators with these spinning disc
sprayers can treat medium sized targets and even applying barriers over large infested
blocks
Symmons (1991) noted that sprayers should be selected primarily on their ability to
produce droplets of the desired size range this can be verified by droplet analysis using
laser based sizing instruments. Thereafter field testing is required of available sprayers to
ensure that they are effective, robust and easy to use in actual control operations with FAO
having
already
conducted
testing
of
some
sprayers
and
developed
specific
recommendations.
Data on the droplet size spectra produced by the AU3000, AU4000 and AU8000 by
Micronair rotary atomizers have been reported [Van Vliet and Picot (1987), Parkin and
Siddique (1990), Hewitt (1993)].
The spectra from the Electrodyn and the Ulva+ spinning disc atomizer
have the high proportions (>80%)of spray volume in the size band above. All other droplet
size was measured with a Malvern 2600 particle size analyzer, using techniques described
by Bateman and Alves (2000).
Clayton (1992) showed that an important development was the modification of spinning
disc sprayers for very low volume (VLV) application, where conventional pesticide
formulations are mixed with small quantities (5-50 l/ha) of water and thus do away with
the need of special, expensive ULV formulations Spraying with larger volumes of water,
instead of 0.5-3 L/ha of oil-based formulation, necessitated the development of more
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robust machines such as the ULVA+. CDA sprayers are the products of medium-scale
industrial enterprises, which have been responsible for commercial sustainability over 30
years; they are now well established in certain markets including; small holder cotton,
migrant pest control and herbicides application in amenity areas.
The effective time available was restricted was restricted to an approximately 3 hr period
in the morning when the wind-speed was >2m/s and the ground temp was <30 degree
Celsius. Under these circumstances, ULV drift spraying is the only feasible method of
application, and there is considerable pressure to reduce volume application rates well
below 1 l/ha in aerial operations. Other techniques for improving work rate, including the
use of global positioning systems, are discussed by Dobson (1999).
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CHAPTER: 05
DATA ANALYSIS
1. Usage of sprayer
Table 1: Usage of sprayer
Sr.No.
Option
No. of Respondents
% of Respondents
Yes
82
82
No
18
18
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IF, YES to Q. 1
2. Awareness about sprayer brands in the market.
Table2: Awareness about sprayer brands in the market
Sr.No.
Option
No.
of % of Respondents
Respondents
1
Hi Tech
47
57
Aspe
64
78
INTER-16
45
54
Shankar
12
15
Inference:
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Out of all farmers surveyed 54% farmers where aware about INTER 16
sprayer brand in market, 57% farmers where about Hi-Tech, 78% where aware
about Aspe and 15% where aware about Shankar
Option
No.
of % of Respondents
Respondents
1
Hi Tech
14
16
Apse
34
42
INTER-16
30
37
Shankar
04
05
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Inference:
Out of all farmers surveyed 37% farmers prefer to use INTER 16 sprayer
brand, 16% farmers prefer Hi-Tech, 5% prefer Shankar, 42% farmers prefer Aspe.
Sr.No.
Option
No.
of % of Respondents
Respondents
1
Un availability
14
26
High cost
25
48
High maintenance
06
12
Any other
07
14
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Inference: Out of all farmers surveyed it was found that 12% farmers due to High
maintenance, 26% farmers due to un availability, 48% farmers due to High cost and
14% farmers due to other reason do not use INTER16 brand sprayers for spraying.
5.
Sr.No.
Option
No.
of % of Respondents
Respondents
1
Easy availability
07
23
Low maintenance
14
48
Long Life
07
23
Any other
02
06
45
Inference:
Out of all farmers surveyed it was found that 23% farmers due to Long life, 23%
farmers due to easy availability, 48% farmers due to Low maintenance and 06%
farmers due to other reason to use INTER16 brand sprayers for spraying.
Sr.No.
Option
No.
of % of Respondents
Respondents
1
Quality
17
46
56
Service
08
32
Delivery
03
07
Any other
02
05
47
Sr.No.
Option
No.
of %
of
Respondents
Respondents
Poor
02
06
Good
18
61
Very Good
08
27
Excellent
02
06
Inference:
Rating of INTER brand with compared to other brand gives that INTER16
brands in which 61% farmers says that it is Good, 27% farmers says that it is Very
good, 6% farmers says that it is poor and 6% farmers says that it is excellent.
Option
No. of Respondents
48
of
Respondents
1
High cost
01
06
Bad experience
00
00
03
16
14
78
49
Option
No.
of % of Respondents
Respondents
1
Hired services
14
78
Any other
04
22
50
Sr.No.
Option
No. of Respondents
% of Respondents
Yes
28
28
No
72
72
Inference: Out of all farmers, surveyed 72% dont want to replace and 28% want to replace
sprayers.
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Quality
Price
Delivery
After sales service
14
11
9
6
Inference:
52
35
28
23
14
Out of all farmers surveyed it was found that 35% farmers decide to buy a particular
brand of pump on the basis of quality,28% on the price basis,23% on delivery basis and
14% on after sales service.
12. Is any facility given to you by company like replacement or exchange offer?
Sr.No.
Option
No.
Respondents
of %
Respondents
Yes
78
78
No
22
22
of
Inference: Out of all farmers, surveyed 78% says that replacement facility is given by
dealers and 22% says that there is no such facility provided.
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CHAPTER: 06
FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS
6.1 Lack of awareness about the products:
Barring a few products consumer does not have much awareness about INTER 16 sprayer
brand.
6.2 Competitors:
There are several big players in the market some are looking to grab the sizable amount of
market share. Competitors such as Hi-tech and Apse have good amount of market Share. This
is mainly because of the promotional activities undertaken by them.
6.3 Promotional Strategies:
Used by company:
No brand ambassador.
Regular advertisement on TV channels.
Price off on bulk purchase.
There can be great chance in increase in sales if company uses some innovative and
suggested means of marketing.
6.4 Consumer behavior before purchasing:
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Customers consider prior experience about the product, general opinion about Product in
the locality, etc. They also have perception of quality difference in of different brand.
CHAPTER: 07
SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
7.1 From Farmers point of view:
Field assistant of company should frequently visit the farmers in village and
provide the technical guidance.
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Interaction of big farmers with sales person and technical persons will be beneficial
for increasing awareness about the product.
The demonstrations can be shown in the agricultural exhibitions (i.e. Kisan, Agro
won) for promoting the product.
Advertisement should be given in mostly read news paper and magazines regarding
results and viability of product.
Company should target the farmers who are majorly engaged in the cultivation of
vegetables which requires frequent sprayings.
Big farmers should be the major target so that automatically small farmers get
influenced.
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CHAPTER: 08
CONCLUSION
The conclusion is that due to less awareness about the INTER16 sprayer brand. Company
has low market share in the Junnar tahasil Pune district. If company concentrates on the
four Ps of marketing mainly emphasizing on the Promotional activity it will increase its
demand and the market share. Due to availability of different option to the farmers at low
price it creates less demand for brand. Existing customer who use the INTER16 sprayer
brand they are satisfied with the quality of brand.
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Bibliography
Books Referred:
1.
Website visited:
1.
www.namdeoumajiagritech.com
2.
www.HymaticAgro.com
3.
www.nf-sprayers.com
4.
www.agriculturalproductsindia.com
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Annexure
Questionnaire
Name of Farmer:
Address:
1. Do you use sprayer for spraying purpose?
a. Yes
b.
No
If YES,
2. Which all brands are you aware of in market for spraying?
a. Hi Tech
b.
Aspee
c. Shankar
d.
Inter
a. Hi Tech
b.
Aspee
c. Shankar
d.
Inter
b) High cost
c) High maintenance
b) Low maintenance
c) Long life
d) any other
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b) price
c) Delivery
b) Good
c) Very Good
d) Excellent
If No to Q.1
8. Why you dont prefer to use sprayer?
a) High Cost
9. What are the other sources you use for applying chemicals?
a) Hired services
b) Any other
b) no
b) price
c) Delivery
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12. Is any facility given to you by company like replacement or exchange offer?
a) Yes
b) no
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