AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF PAPAYA (Carica papaya L.) IN MIDDLE GUJARAT
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Date
2012
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AAU, Anand
Abstract
The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study
the cost and return, resource use efficiency, marketing cost and price spread
and constraints in production and marketing of papaya in Middle Gujarat. A
multistage random sampling design was used for selecting the sample. The
study covered 4 talukas, 12 villages and 120 papaya growers (37 marginal, 18
small, 25 medium and 40 large) from Anand and Vadodara districts. For
studying price spread in marketing, 5 functionaries from each category of
papaya marketing were randomly selected from Anand and Vadodara markets.
The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, cost
concept, production function analysis (using SPSS software) and price spread.
The reference period of this study for farmers was August-2009 to January-
2012 and for market functionaries it was April-2012.
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Agriculture, economics, analysis