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Economics and constraint analysis of non traditional maize farmers in Mahbubnagar district under Tank of Andhra Pradesh

International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics

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Title Economics and constraint analysis of non traditional maize farmers in Mahbubnagar district under Tank of Andhra Pradesh
 
Creator DEVI, I. SHAKUNTALA; Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, HYDERABAD (TELANGANA) INDIA
SUHASINI, K.; Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, HYDERABAD (TELANGANA) INDIA
 
Subject Constraints, Economics, Maize, Profitability, Tank irrigation
 
Description This paper has been drawn from part of work done by the authors to assist Varsha NGO, Hyderabad in project on the value chain analysis of maize with an objective to study the economics of maize farmers cultivating under tank irrigation and constraints faced by them in Mahbubnagar district. The study showed that out of total cost of cultivation of Rs. 32041.23 per hectare, the operational costs contributed 84.41 per cent and the remaining 15.59 per cent by fixed costs. Farmers secured a net benefit cost ratio of Rs.0.56, i.e., receiving Rs. 0.56 for every rupee invested in maize cultivation. Small farm holdings and limited resource availability and vagaries of monsoon like drought associated with highest cost on labour increased pressure of diseases/pests are the major constraints faced by the farmers in the study area.
 
Publisher HIND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING
 
Date 2016-03-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/IRJAES/article/view/5328
 
Source International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics; Vol 7, No 1 (2016)
2231-6434
2229-7278
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/IRJAES/article/view/5328/4884