National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Chilli is intensively grown in Kharnrnam district of Telangana. Nevertheless, little research has been concentrated on the economic aspects of chilli cultivation in the recent past. Hence, the present study was undertaken with the following objectives: 1. To study the investment pattern on chilli farms of different size groups 2. To find out the costs and returns in chilli cultivation according to farm size. The data was collected pertaining to the agricultural year 2018-19. Data was collected from 120 respondents. The economic analysis of data indicating cost ‘C’ was found to be Rs. 393952.74, Rs. 416867.20 and Rs 420907.37 per hectare for marginal, small and big farmers respectively. The human labour utilization was inversely related with the farm size. Harvesting accounted for maximum share of total labour utilization. An inverse relationship was observed between the farm size and cattle labour utilization. Family labour utilization was also inversely related with the farm size. The total cost of cultivation was positively correlated with the farm size. Variable costs contributed nearly to the extent of 61.00 per cent of total cost of cultivation and exhibited direct relationship with farm size. There was a direct relationship between the farm size and productivity of chillies. Both the gross and net returns were positively correlated with farm size. All the income measures also showed direct relationship with farm size. The input-output ratio was quite high in chilli farms, revealing the profitability in farming. Economic analysis of data indicated that the total cost of chilli cultivation per ha was Rs 393952.74, 416867.20 and 420907.37 for marginal, small and big farmers respectively. Labour cost, seed, plant protection chemicals, manures and fertilizer constituted the major portion of the total cost of cultivation. Net returns over cost ‘C’ was Rs. 118641.01, Rs. 137170.30 and Rs. 168030.13 per hectare and input-Output ratio at cost ‘C’ was 1.30, 1.33 and 1.40 for marginal, small and big farmers respectively.
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