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Economics and Constraint Analysis of Non Traditional Maize Farmers in Mahbubnagar District under Tank of Andhra Pradesh


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This paper has been drawn from part of work done by the authors to assist Varsha NGO, Hyderabad in project on the value chain analysis of maize with an objective to study the economics of maize farmers cultivating under tank irrigation and constraints faced by them in Mahbubnagar district. The study showed that out of total cost of cultivation of Rs. 32041.23 per hectare, the operational costs contributed 84.41 per cent and the remaining 15.59 per cent by fixed costs. Farmers secured a net benefit cost ratio of Rs.0.56, i.e., receiving Rs. 0.56 for every rupee invested in maize cultivation. Small farm holdings and limited resource availability and vagaries of monsoon like drought associated with highest cost on labour increased pressure of diseases/pests are the major constraints faced by the farmers in the study area.

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Constraints, Economics, Maize, Profitability, Tank Irrigation.
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  • Economics and Constraint Analysis of Non Traditional Maize Farmers in Mahbubnagar District under Tank of Andhra Pradesh

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Authors

I. Shakuntala Devi
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, (Hyderabad) Telangana, India
K. Suhasini
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, (Hyderabad) Telangana, India

Abstract


This paper has been drawn from part of work done by the authors to assist Varsha NGO, Hyderabad in project on the value chain analysis of maize with an objective to study the economics of maize farmers cultivating under tank irrigation and constraints faced by them in Mahbubnagar district. The study showed that out of total cost of cultivation of Rs. 32041.23 per hectare, the operational costs contributed 84.41 per cent and the remaining 15.59 per cent by fixed costs. Farmers secured a net benefit cost ratio of Rs.0.56, i.e., receiving Rs. 0.56 for every rupee invested in maize cultivation. Small farm holdings and limited resource availability and vagaries of monsoon like drought associated with highest cost on labour increased pressure of diseases/pests are the major constraints faced by the farmers in the study area.

Keywords


Constraints, Economics, Maize, Profitability, Tank Irrigation.

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