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An economic effect of contract farming on papaya cultivating farmers in Tamil Nadu

International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics

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Title An economic effect of contract farming on papaya cultivating farmers in Tamil Nadu
 
Creator UMAMAGESWARI, M.
DHARA, R.
PORCHEZHIYAN, S.
 
Subject Papaya contract farming, Yield and profit, Tamil Nadu
 
Description The study has evaluated the effect of contract farming on price, yield, employment and net income of contract farmers in Erode and Dindigul districts of Tamil Nadu. The study found that the family labour participation was higher in small farms than in large farms in contract farming. Price fluctuations were very low in papaya contract farming because of pre-price fixation by the firm. Price uncertainty was very high in alternative crops. Minimum profit receivable in a month per hectare from papaya cultivation was between Rs. 7501-15, 000 with a probability of 48 per cent. Similarly probability of getting a maximum profit of Rs. 22,501-Rs. 50,000 was 60 per cent and reported that papain production was a profitable enterprise but there is a potential to further increase the profit. Contract farming of untraditional products like papain should be implemented under the close supervision of developmental department to avoid contract breach.
 
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/5332
 
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/5332/4888