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Cost, Returns and Profitability of Bt-Cotton Production in Beed District


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1 Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, PARBHANI (M.S.), India
2 Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture (V.N.M.K.V.), LATUR (M.S.), India
     

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Investigation was carried out during the year 2013-14. About 96 Bt-cotton growers were randomly selected from twelve villages of two tehsils of beed district of Maharashtra. Cross sectional data were collected from Bt-cotton grower with the help of pretested schedule by personal interview method. The techniques like mean, percentage, ratio and cost concept of Cost- A, Cost-B and Cost-C were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that per hectare cost of cultivation of Bt-cotton was Rs. 67137.76. Among individual items of expenditure, the share of rental value of land was 31.85 per cent followed by hired human labour (13.79 %), bullock labour (9.21), irrigation (8.17%), seed (7.51%), fertilizers (6.19%), family human labour (5.64 %), manure (5.45%), plant protection (3.75%), machine labour (2.15 %), respectively. Per hectare gross returns and net profit was Rs. 129111.85 and Rs. 61974.09, respectively. Output-input ratio was 1.92.

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Bt-Cotton, Cost-C, Gross Return, Net Profit.
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Authors

R. D. Shelke
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, PARBHANI (M.S.), India
M. M. Bhogaonkar
Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture (V.N.M.K.V.), LATUR (M.S.), India
R. V. Chavan
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, PARBHANI (M.S.), India

Abstract


Investigation was carried out during the year 2013-14. About 96 Bt-cotton growers were randomly selected from twelve villages of two tehsils of beed district of Maharashtra. Cross sectional data were collected from Bt-cotton grower with the help of pretested schedule by personal interview method. The techniques like mean, percentage, ratio and cost concept of Cost- A, Cost-B and Cost-C were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that per hectare cost of cultivation of Bt-cotton was Rs. 67137.76. Among individual items of expenditure, the share of rental value of land was 31.85 per cent followed by hired human labour (13.79 %), bullock labour (9.21), irrigation (8.17%), seed (7.51%), fertilizers (6.19%), family human labour (5.64 %), manure (5.45%), plant protection (3.75%), machine labour (2.15 %), respectively. Per hectare gross returns and net profit was Rs. 129111.85 and Rs. 61974.09, respectively. Output-input ratio was 1.92.

Keywords


Bt-Cotton, Cost-C, Gross Return, Net Profit.

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