Dr. R. S. PundirBHAGORA RITABAHEN K.2023-04-112023-04-112021https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810196296The 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.EnglishThesis