The Present study on Post harvest losses during marketing of Organic turmeric in Kakching district of Manipur

was initiated during 2020 to 2022 with the selection of 120 respondents and it was categorized into four groups viz., Marginal, Small, Semi medium and medium sizes groups based on available cultivable land under selected spice crops. To achieve the specific objective of the present study a multistage purposive stratified random sampling method were adopted. Further data reveals that on the selected farm size group in accordance to operational land holding the majority of the respondents (84.00 percent) belonged to semi-medium land holding with an area of 2.01-3.0 ha. While majority of the respondents (82.00 percent) in accordance to land holding size under turmeric cultivation belonged to semi medium land holding with an area of 2.01-3.0 ha. The post harvest loss incurred for turmeric for turmeric at field’s level was found to be maximum on medium farm size group with 19.65 percent. While the post harvest losses incurred at trader’s level at various stages of marketing of turmeric. The highest estimated loss was incurred by processor with 3.00 percent, followed by wholesalers with 0.10 per cent and retailer with 0.01 percent respectively.