Sinha, D. K.TASSANG, MIHIN2023-02-062023-02-062022M/AE/476/2019-20https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810193345The present study “Economics of kiwi production and marketing in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh” intends to evaluate the trends in area, production, and productivity in both the world and India, as well as the costs and returns associated with kiwifruit production, marketing efficiency, and constraints on both kiwifruit production and marketing in the study area. By employing the multistage sampling method, the primary data were collected from 120 farmers in 6 randomly chosen villages in the study area. In major kiwifruit growing countries, in terms of growth in area and production Greece had the highest growth with 12.53% and 10.56% CAGR, respectively. In terms of productivity, Italy had the highest growth with 8.81 % CAGR. In Indian context, the Organic State of Sikkim had the highest growth in area with 28.96% CAGR. Production wise, Mizoram had the growth with 10.20% CAGR. In terms of productivity, Arunachal Pradesh with 11.83% CAGR had the highest growth. It was estimated that the total establishment costs on all farms was Rs. 8,04,732.00. The cost C₂ for small, semi-medium and medium farmers were Rs. Rs.8,05,333.00, Rs.8,05,220.00, and Rs.8,04,732.00, respectively. During the bearing period of kiwifruit, the maintenance cost of the overall farm was estimated to be at Rs.1,22,852.00. At each farm level, the maintenance cost was Rs. 1,25,140.00, Rs. 1,22,043.00, and Rs. 1,21,372.00 for small, semi-medium and medium farmers, respectively. Gross profits on overall farms were estimated to be Rs. 2,32,128.33. Small farmers had the highest gross returns, which were followed by semi-medium and medium farmers, Rs. 2,52,386.40, Rs. 2,25,333.30, and Rs. 2,18,666.70, respectively. It is noted that the estimated net present value for the entire farm was Rs. 2,61,904.00/ha. Additionally, it was found that the internal rate of return was 12.69. For the farm as a whole, it was found that the benefit cost ratio was 1.15. Payback period for overall farm was estimated to be 6.82 years. In the study area, three marketing channels were found to be active. Marketing efficiency, an evaluation of each marketing channel's effectiveness, shows that Channel-C had the highest efficiency (23.66 %), followed by Channel-A (18.54 %) and Channel-B (4.61 %). The most popular channel was Channel-C. The primary constraints which were faced by kiwifruit growers were unavailability of manures, lack of quality planting material, lack of skilled laborer’s, lack of cold storage facilities in the study area.EnglishThesis