Production and marketing of sesamum in Punjab
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2019
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Abstract
The present study is undertaken to study the economic analysis of sesamum production vis-àvis
its major competing crops. This analysis is based on secondary data (1964-65 to 2017-18)
and primary data pertaining to the year 2017-18. The data have been collected from 60
farmers from major sesamum growing districts of Punjab. The study has brought out that
there was major decline in area, production and yield of sesamum during the last five decades.
Sesamum has been found a less input intensive crop in terms of irrigations, fertilizers and
plant protection material etc. as compare to paddy and basmati cultivation. Total variable cost
of cultivation in case of sesamum was much lower (` 5530 acre-1) in comparison to (` 17763
acre-1) for paddy and (` 17311) for basmati. The corresponding gross returns have been
estimated as ` 17644 acre-1, ` 49226 acre-1 and ` 58034 acre-1. Though, sesamum cultivation
yields relatively lower absolute returns, yet the benefit-cost ratios were found much higher in
case of sesamum cultivation (3.19) as compared to 2.77 in paddy cultivation. About 58.42 per
cent of produce was marketed in immediate after post-harvest period, of which a major chunk
was marketed through the channel, “Producer-Wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer” while
producer’s share in consumer rupee was maximum in channel, “Producer-Consumer”. To
broad-base sesamum cultivation in the state the various biotic and abiotic constraints to be
taken care of, were more incidences of disease, insect/pest, weeds, lack of quality seeds/high
yielding variety of seeds, lack of price information and price variability etc.
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