Economic Analysis of Groundnut Crop in Jaipur District of Rajasthan

The present study was conducted to analyze the economics of groundnut crop. The study area was selected on the basis of highest area and production under this crop. The selected area was Jaipur district under groundnut crop. The present investigation was carried out to study the cost of cultivation and constraints in production confronted by farmer of selected groundnut crop. In groundnut about 77 per cent cost was variable cost and among fixed cost, renal value of owned land was found highest (17 %) of the total cost. The overall cost of production was Rs. 2399 on cost C3 basis. The gross income per hectare in cultivation of groundnut was Rs. 57557. The net income was workout Rs. 8610. However, return on per rupee with rental value owned land was Rs. 1.16 and without rental value Rs. 1.41. The study of constraints in production of the groundnut crop revealed that all the production problems were common in the study area. The timely not availability of labour, irrigation supply, electricity, lack of storage facility at farm level, weeding problem, unawareness of the seed rate were the major constraints identified in production of oilseed crops.