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Economics of production of banana in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra

International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics

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Title Economics of production of banana in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra
 
Creator Bondar, U. S.; Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, AHMEDNAGAR (M.S.) INDIA
Daundkar, K. S.; Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, AHMEDNAGAR (M.S.) INDIA
Khedkar, S. R.; Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, AHMEDNAGAR (M.S.) INDIA
 
Subject Banana, Cost of cultivation, Economics of production
 
Description The area under Banana in Kolhapur district is increasing day by day due to congenial good soil and climatic condition for banana cultivation and more water availability of banana. The present study is undertaken with following specific objectives. The data was collected for the year 2012-13. The ACGR for area, production and productivity of banana in the Kolhapur district for the period from 2003-04 to 2012-13 were estimated to 7.72, 6.08 and -1.29 per cent per annum, respectively. At the overall level, the per hectare use of human labour and manure were 249.82 man days and 261.17 qtls., respectively. The per hectare cost of cultivation was Rs. 2,72,876.10. The major items of cost were rental value of owned land (34.39 %), seedlings (17.42 %) and human labour (9.18 %), and interest on fixed capital (0.21%). The percentage of cost A and cost B in the total cost of cultivation were 63.10 and 97.71 per cent, respectively. The benefit cost ratio was 2.07 indicating profitability of crop.
 
Publisher HIND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING
 
Date 2015-11-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/IRJAES/article/view/5352
 
Source International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics; Vol 6, No 2 (2015)
2231-6434
2229-7278
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.myresearchjournals.com/index.php/IRJAES/article/view/5352/4908