The table discusses the district wise distribution of respondents who own/possess the agencies or dealerships.

Figures in parenthesis denote percentage The table explains the status of 122 agencies/shops from two districts of Haryana i.e. Fatehabad and Ambala consisting of 25 respondents from each district in case of cotton seeds and wheat seeds. It means that 100 per cent respondents have been selected from each district in case of seeds. 48 per cent respondents have been taken from Fatehabad district for fertilizer and 52 per cent respondents have been interviewed from the district of Ambala for this input. In the case of Pesticides, 60 per cent respondents from Fatehabad district and 40 respondents from the district of Ambala have taken for the study. For the tractors, 50 per cent respondents from each district i.e. one respondent from each company has been chosen.

The table describes the varieties of cotton seeds, wheat seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and tractors possessed by the ownership of shopkeepers and agency holders.

Figures in parenthesis denote percentage The table depicts that all the varieties of desi/amrican cotton seeds as well as wheat seeds are not kept for sale in each shop by the shopkeeper/agency holders. Some of the shopkeepers kept those varieties for which the sale is maximum irrespective of the fact whether that is approved or not by the government. Only 20 per cent shopkeepers/agency holders have maximum varieties of desi cotton seeds and 40 per cent shopkeepers/agency holders have maximum upto 15 varieties of amrican cotton seeds whereas only 28 per cent shopkeepers/agency holders have maximum varieties of wheat seeds. Similarly a

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farmers.. As far as agency holder of tractor is concerned, there is only one agency holder in each district/area under the study. Therefore, it can be concluded that all the inputs are not available on each shop.

The table depicts the availability of agricultural inputs provided by the producer/company though its sources.

Figures in parenthesis denote percentage The table gauges that 60 per cent cotton seeds are sold through retailer i.e. private shop and 24 per cent cotton seeds are sold through the agency holder i.e. whole seller and 16 per cent cotton seeds are provided by the producer direct to the farmers through their stall either in Kisan mela or through their sale point. Similarly, the same trend is found in case of wheat seeds. As far as sale of fertilizer and pesticide is concerned, these are sold through retailers in majority. All the tractors are sold by the companies through the agency holders. It can be concluded that the retailers and agency holders play their dominant role in the sale of agricultural inputs. The table divulges the promotion channels adopted by the producer/manufacturer for enhancing sale of agricultural inputs.

Figures in parenthesis denote percentage The table depicts that the retailers play a dominant role for increasing the sale of agricultural inputs. It is evident from the table that 56 per cent shopkeepers/ agency holders play their roles for sale of cotton meager role for this purpose.

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