VAIDYA, MANOJ KUMARSHARMA, SUNIDHI2019-01-102019-01-102018-09http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810089620ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Economic Analysis of Production and Marketing of Ginger in Himachal Pradesh: A case study of Sirmour District” was carried out in Sangrah and Paonta Sahib blocks of district Sirmour. A sample of 60 farmers cultivating ginger was selected using multistage random sampling. The farmers were categorized on the basis of their total land holding as marginal (<1 ha), small (1-2 ha), medium (>2 ha). Results of the study revealed that average family size at overall farmers’ category was 5.36 persons per household. There were 894 females per thousand of males in the study area. The overall literacy rate was 87.18 per cent with literacy index of 2.23 indicating low quality of education. 81.76 per cent of the population were engaged in agriculture in the study area. Total cultivated area was 0.68 hectare out of which 0.34 hectare area was under ginger cultivation. Cropping intensity was worked out to be 180.88 per cent in the study area. At overall level the total income per farm was estimated to Rs. 470853.87 and ginger contributed 40.15 per cent to total household income. Cost of cultivation varied from Rs. 224254.91 to Rs. 239158.68 per hectare among different farm categories in the study area. Average gross returns from ginger were Rs. 552063.08 per hectare and Output-input ratio was found to be 2.37 at overall level. The CobbDouglas production function in case of overall farms shows that seed, fertilizers and labour were significant at 1 per cent level of significance and FYM was significant at 10 per cent level of significance. MVP to MFC ratio in case of seed, FYM, fertilizers, plant protection chemicals and labour was greater than unity which indicates under utilization of these resources. Three marketing channels were prevalent in the study area for the marketing of green ginger. Among these, Channel A consisting Producer-Local trader-Primary wholesaler-Secondary wholesaler-Retailer-Consumer was found to be the most preferred channel as 59.57 per cent of the produce was traded through this marketing channel. Producer’s share in consumer rupee was highest in Channel C consisting Producer-Wholesaler-Retailer-consumer (75.67%). Marketing efficiency of channel C was highest (3.11). Problem of diseases, high cost of rhizome, lack of technical knowledge, lack of market intelligence, wide price fluctuations and delayed payment were some of the production and marketing problems reported by the farmers in the study areaennullThesis