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- Economic Viability, Technological Gap and Problems of Mushroom Cultivation in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh
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1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension Education & Rural Sociology CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension Education & Rural Sociology CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, IN
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Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol 42, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 47-54Abstract
Increases income, reduces risk and promotes sustainability. Mushroom is one of the supplementary enterprises which fits well in diversification. A study was carried out in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. Out of 60 mushroom growers, 80 per cent raised only one crop of button mushroom in a year and most of the growers placed spawned compost bags in the month of October. The fixed cost of production / 100 bags of button mushroom varied from 44.47 per cent on small farms to 22.42 per cent on large farms. The variable cost varied from 55.53 per cent on small farms to 77.58 per cent on large farms implying the economical use of fixed and variable resources by large growers. The gross returns per 100 bags basis ranged between Rs. 37,200 and Rs. 40,200 on small and large farms for button mushroom. The overall benefitcost ratio was 1.87:1. Break-even output varied from 279 kg to 147 kg for small and large growers and break-even point was at 93 and 42 compost bags for small and large growers respectively. Technological gap included the important parameters like temperature, relative humidity, CO concentration, surface cleaning by formalin , storage temperature etc. The mushrooms growers faced production, marketing, 2 financial and institutional problems. However, the intensity of the production problems was much higher than others.Keywords
Benefit-Cost Ratio, Break-Even Output, Technological Gap.References
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- Kangotra Arti and Chauhan SK. 2013. Economic viability of button mushroom cultivation in Himachal Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 48: 134-139.
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- Profile and Problems of Tomato Cultivation in Bilaspur District of Himachal Pradesh
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1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension Education and Rural Sociology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, IN
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension Education and Rural Sociology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, IN
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Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol 44, No 1&2 (2018), Pagination: 60-67Abstract
India is the second largest producer of vegetables with a share of nearly 11 per cent of the total world's vegetable production. Of late, vegetable growing has become main plank of agricultural development strategy in Himachal Pradesh and consequently area under vegetables (excluding potato) has increased to 76.947 thousand hectares producing 1653.506 thousand tonnes in the state. Tomato alone accounts for nearly one-third of total vegetables production in the state. Its cultivation has been extended to mid and low hill areas of Mandi, Kangra, Bilaspur, Hamirpur districts. With this background, the present study was conducted in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. In this district, tomato is the main vegetable crop which contributes about 37 per cent to the total vegetables production. The present study sought to examine the profile and problems of tomato cultivation in Bilaspur district. The study is based on secondary as well as primary data. The area under tomato cultivation in the district has been found to increase from 740 hectares in 2004-05 to 822 hectares in 2016-17. The total production of tomato crop in the district has also shown a significant increase from 25900 tonnes to 31236 tonnes during this period. Area, production and productivity of tomato in Bilaspur district witnessed a growth rate of 0.49, 2.02, and 1.52 per cent per annum, respectively whereas these were 1.68, 4.46, and 2.73 per cent for the state. Regarding problems in tomato cultivation, the non-availability of improved varieties at the time of sowing, lack of awareness about high yielding and disease resistant varieties and lack of storage facilities were the severe problems in the study area. Hence, overcoming these problems and constraints can pave way for increased tomato production in the district.Keywords
Area, Productivity, Problems of Tomato Cultivation.References
- Kakava E, Khah EM, Mavromatis A, Chachalis D and Goulas C. 2006. Effect of grafting on growth and yield of tomato. Journal of Applied Horticulture 8 (1): 3-7.
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- Virender Kumar, Divya Sharma and Harbans Lal 2017. Economy of growing vegetables and farm incomes in Himachal Pradesh. Agricultural Situation in India 73 (10): 23-29.
- Kumar V 2013. Estimation of cost of cultivation of commercial crops in Himachal Pradesh. Abridged Report (Research Report 64). Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension Education and Rural Sociology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur (HP): 1-40.