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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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Subject: Agricultural Economics × Author: Brahmbhatt, Nachiketa B. × End date: 1999 × Start date: 1990 ×
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    BANANA IN KHEDA DISTRICT OF MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (AAU, Anand, 1998) Brahmbhatt, Nachiketa B.; Patel, G. N.
    The present investigation was undertaken to study the cost of production and some marketing aspects of banana crop in Kheda district of Middle Gujarat. Kheda district was purposively selected for the present study where banana is grown extensively. Further, Borsad and Anand talukas of Kheda district were considered for the present investigation on the basis of their share to banana area in the district. Then, 10 banana growing villages comprising of six from Borsad taluka and four from Anand taluka were randomly selected with the help of two stage stratified random sampling design. Ten banana growers from each of selected villages were randomly chosen in proportion to the number of farmers in different farm sizes viz., 51 small (below 2 hectares), 33 medium (2 to 3 hectares) and 16 large (above 3 hectares) farms. In all, 100 banana growers were selected for detailed study. The study covered the agricultural year 1996-97 and the data were collected by survey method. Banana occupied 77.37 per cent of the total gross cropped area on sample farms. Basarai and Robusta were the most popular varieties among the growers. About 94 per cent of the net sown area was under irrigation on seunple farms. Per hectare use of human labour was 225.56 man-days on sample farms which ranged from 235 man-days on large sized farms to 219 man-days on medium sized farms. Use of manures and fertilizers increased with the increase in size of farms. Use of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash was 1199.3, 659.1 and 509.3 kgs, as against the recommended dose of 850, 425 and 850 kgs, respectively for banana production. Average cost per hectare was Rs. 70270.4 and it was highest (Rs, 73422.9) on large farms and lowest (Rs. 66535.4) on small farms. Further, the break-up of total cost on sample farms indicated that manures and fertilizers accounted for the highest share (31.95 per cent), followed by rental value of own land (25.39 per cent), human labour (11.96 per cent) and irrigation (10.05 per cent). Cost A was about 70 per cent of the total cost oa the sample banana farms. The average yield per hectare was 288.75 quintals and it ranged from 291.47 quintals on medium farms to 283.53 quintals on small farms. The average harvest price per quintal was Rs. 371 which ranged from Rs. 377 on medium sized farms to Rs. 356 on small sized farms. The gross-income per hectare was Rs. 1,07,097.37 on sample farms. On an average, banana growers realised net income of Rs. 36827 from one hectare of banana cultivation. It varied from Rs. 34401.3 on small farms to Rs. 39626.7 on medium farms. On an average, the cost per quintal on the basis of cost-C was Rs. 243.36 and it increased with the increase in size of farm. The input-output ratio was 1.52. Further, farm business income and family labour income was Rs. 57747.37 and Rs. 39561.6 respectively on sample banana farms. The production elasticities of area (X1) and cost of suckers (X4) showed significant and positive impact on the production of banana crop on all categories of farms (except large farms, where area (X1) has negative impact on the production). The function showed good fitness as revealed from higher value of R2 (ranging from 0.7479 to 0.9745). About 98 per cent of the total banana production was marketed by the farmers. Further, the maximum (51.25 per cent) disposal of surplus banana was in the month of August and September and minimum (17 per cent) in the month of November. The study reveals that in the absence of any farmers' co-operative society in the study area, banana was sold through commission agent to the up-country traders at a very high discount (cash) rate. Further, about 69 per cent growers got their pajonents after one to two weeks. Among the different months, higher price was observed in the month of August (Rs. 482 per quintal) and lower in the month of November (Rs. 287 per quintal). Banana growers incurred Rs. 27.95 per quintal as marketing cost for marketing of their produce. Out of which major share of Rs. 20 (70.13 per cent) was accounted for by commission agent, followed by excess weight (20 per cent). Majority of banana growers realised the absence of banana growers' association, and market intelligence. They also had a problem of high commission charges and marketing cost for selling their produce. Further, they were largely dependent on 'dalals' or commission agent for disposal of their produce.