Study on Cost of Cultivation and Economic Returns from Chilli Crop Growing Districts of Telangana, India
Arathi Natarajan
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Gwalior, India.
Megha Sahu *
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Gwalior, India.
S. C. Srivastava
Directorate of Research Services, R.V.S.K.V.V., Gwalior, India.
A. M. Jaulkar
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Gwalior, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Study was done to work out the cost of cultivation, returns and benefit cost ratio of chilli crop growing districts of Telangana for Agricultural year 2019-2020. India is one among the world’s largest producer, most of the consumption takes place within the country and it is the best exporter of chilli throughout the world. The study is based on primary data and the total number of 120 farmers treated as respondents and had been selected from all four categories of farmers by adopting proportion allocation with simple random sampling without replacement method with the objective of cost of cultivation and economic return from chilli grower B:C ratio of chilli in the study area. In this the study says that the overall average total cost of cultivation is Rs. 328225.25. The study reveals that returns in chilli cultivation increases with the increase of the farm size and the overall benefit-cost ratio are 2.41. The average cost, of cultivation per hectare of overall basis, was found to have 147024.50 (costA1) followed by Rs.150625.25 (costB1); Rs.29600.2 (costB2); Rs. 182850.25 (cost C1); Rs. 328225.25 (costC2); Rs. 361047.78 (CostC3) has been noted consequently. The average yield was found to be 72.00 quintals per hectare. The overall gross income per hectare was observed to be Rs. 872250.00 per hectare. Study implies the B.C ratio increases with the increase in the size of the holding.
Keywords: B: C ratio, chilli, cost of cultivation, production, returns