Open AccessFADING RURAL ENTERPRISES OF KODAGU- Special Reference to the Grinding Stones of Paloor Village
Author(s) -
S N Beena
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
epra international journal of economics, business and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2347-4378
DOI - 10.36713/epra2595
Subject(s) - tourism , beauty , scale (ratio) , grinding , product (mathematics) , geography , production (economics) , rural area , business , agriculture , agricultural economics , mathematics , engineering , economics , political science , archaeology , mechanical engineering , geometry , cartography , law , macroeconomics
Kodagu is the smallest district of Karnataka. It is considered as the Switzerland of the East andKashmir of India. The district is basically an Agro-based economy. It is the second largest producer of coffeeof the country and now added with eco-tourism because of its scenic beauty.Kodagu doesnot have any large scale industries but only agro based and MSME sector. It is becauseof its topography and climatic conditions. One such micro sector was the “Grinding stone production of thePaloor Village of Madikeri Taluka of the district. The grinding stones of this village was very famous not onlyin the district but also in the nearby districts like Mangaluru, Mysuru and also Bengaluru. The production wasgradually decreasing and since two years it has come to a standstill due to lack of demand.Not only the stone grinders but also some of other rural enterprises are in the verge of fading away.This paper makes an attempt to focus on the realities and to find some remedies to the problem.KEY WORDS: Rural Enterprise, MSME, Stone Grinders