ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF MAJOR VEGETABLE CROPS IN KULLU VALLEY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

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dc.contributor.advisorVAIDYA, MANOJ KUMAR
dc.contributor.authorMANDLA, ISHITA
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-04T09:55:18Z
dc.date.available2020-12-04T09:55:18Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT The present study entitled “Economic Analysis of production and marketing of major vegetable crops in Kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh” was carried out in Kullu and Naggar blocks of district Kullu on the basis of highest area under vegetable cultivation. The multi-stage random sampling procedure was adopted to select the respondents. Compound annual growth rate was used to analyse the trend in vegetable cultivation and various cost concepts were used in order to calculate the benefits realized from vegetable cultivation. The results of the study indicate that about 64.09 per cent of the surveyed people were engaged in agriculture. The major vegetable crops grown were tomato, cauliflower and pea. The cropping intensity in the study area was in the range of 150.66 to 173.58 which indicates that there is a scope to improve farm management for better returns. The overall cost of cultivation was worked out for three major crops and it was found highest in tomato (Rs.129036.00/ha) followed by pea (Rs.125674.51/ha) and then cauliflower (Rs.104969.00/ha).The net returns were found highest in tomato (Rs.144266.00), despite the high cost incurred in its cultivation, followed by cauliflower (Rs.125021.00) and pea (Rs.112361.43). The Cob-Douglas production function determines the efficiency of each resource used and it showed that labour and plant protection had significant impact on tomato production whereas seed, FYM, labour and fertilizer had significant impact on cauliflower production. In case of pea, FYM, labour and plant protection had significant impact on the pea production. The efficiency ratios for the significant variables in all the vegetables were greater than unity. It is thus concluded from the analysis that the vegetable growers in the study area were not using the resources efficiently. Four main marketing channels were found prevalent in the study area for marketing of vegetables. Among these channels, channel-B consisting of Producer- wholesaler- retailer- consumer was found to be the most preferred channel as more than 50 per cent of the produce was disposed off through this channel. Problems like non-availability of labour at operation time, high wage rates, high transportation charges, limited market information and lack of storage facility were the major production and marketing problems reported by the farmers in the study area.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810156314
dc.keywordsEconomic Analysis, production,tomato, cauliflower, peaen_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.pages76+xiien_US
dc.publisherNAUNI,UHFen_US
dc.subAgricultural Economicsen_US
dc.themeEconomic Analysis, production,tomato, cauliflower, peaen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF MAJOR VEGETABLE CROPS IN KULLU VALLEY OF HIMACHAL PRADESHen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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