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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 |
Vegetable cultivation plays an important role in the agricultural economy of India. Small and marginal farmers of India grow vegetable for generating income and increasing nutrient in the diet of people. Bottle gourd are the crucial vegetable crops grown by farmers in Meerut. On the basis of primary data to know cost of cultivation, Profit and input output ratio of bottle gourd cultivation. The purposive sampling was used to select districts and villages on the basis of highest area under these crops random sampling technique was used to select the 100 farmers and categorized under marginal small and medium farmers. Study concluded that an average cost of cultivation of bottle gourd per hectare came to Rs. 111613.00 and Per hectare cost of cultivation was highest (113046.00) on medium farms, mainly due to maximum investment on working capital. Costs and income of bottle gourd production per hectare average yield was calculated as 105.10 quintal per hectare and Per hectare gross income was highest on medium farms due to higher investment on H.Y.V. of seeds resulted higher productivity.