Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Cost, return and profitability of selected vegetables in Dapoli tahsil of Ratnagiri district
Author(s): Salve RN, TD Thorat, SD Dhande and VG Naik
Abstract: Vegetables play an important role both in the regional and national economy of the agricultural sector. The area selected for study was Dapoli tahsil. The factors like availability of quick and easy transport facilities, continuous demand for vegetables and input facilities have created a growing incentive among the farmers to follow vegetable cultivation. Keeping these points in the view the present investigation was proposed to be under taken. It is observed that at the overall level, total cost of cultivation (cost ‘C’) of okra, radish, math and brinjal were worked out to Rs.55186, Rs.36361, Rs.26760, Rs. 38243 respectively. The analysis of per hectare profitability indicated that the okra, math, radish and brinjal cultivation was profitable enterprise at all the levels of cost, resulting benefit-cost ratio of 2.3, 2.11, 2.07, 2.09 respectively.
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Salve RN, TD Thorat, SD Dhande, VG Naik. Cost, return and profitability of selected vegetables in Dapoli tahsil of Ratnagiri district. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):2032-2037.
