AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF TISSUE CULTURE AND NON TISSUE CULTURE SPINE GOURD (Momordica dioca) (Kankoda) IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
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2021
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B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND
Abstract
The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the cost and
return, production function analysis, marketing cost and price spread in production
and marketing of spine gourd in middle Gujarat. A multi stage sampling design was
used for selecting the respondents. The study covered 4 talukas and 80 spine gourd
grower (40 tissue culture and 40 non tissue culture) from Kheda and Vadodara
districts. For studying price spread in marketing, 6 functionaries from each category
of spine gourd marketing were randomly selected from Kheda and Vadodara markets.
The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, percentage,
ratios, cost concept, production function analysis, logistic regression analysis and
Garrett ranking technique.