• K. Kannan
• Dr. A. Oliver Bright

Analysis of problems faced by exporters of Cucumber and gherkins in India using TOPSIS Abstract Worldwide sales for cucumbers and gherkins exports by country totalled US$2.7 billion in 2019. Being an export oriented industry, both the Centre and State Governments have extended considerable support and encouragement to the gherkin industry. A major initiative was the setting up of a separate "Agri Export Zone" for gherkins in Karnataka with a financial implication of USD 2.33 Millions. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and Karnataka State Agricultural Produce Processing & Export Corporation Limited (KAPPEC) are the nodal agencies at the Central and State levels respectively for implementing the concept of Agri Export Zone. At present in Karnataka, gherkins are being grown in an area of about 50,000 acres involving about 1.00.000 small and marginal farmers. The Indian Gherkin Exporters' Association (IGEA) closely work with all the stakeholders to make the industry more competitive in the global market. In this study the problems faced by the exporters of Cucumber and Gherkin in India are studied by using TOPSIS method. Ten core problems identified based on the preliminary study and the same problems are ranked by selected ten exporters in order to apply TOPSIS analysis. The outcome of the TOPSIS analysis presented in this study About the Authors: 1. N. Kannan, Research Supervisor, Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. 2. Dr. A. Oliver Bright, Professor, Management Studies, St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering, Chungankadai, Nagercoil.

Gherkins, TOPSIS

"Analysis of problems faced by exporters of Cucumber and gherkins in India using TOPSIS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.2456-2463, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U45.pdf

"Analysis of problems faced by exporters of Cucumber and gherkins in India using TOPSIS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp2456-2463, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U45.pdf