International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics

P. Balaji ¹, S. Kumaresan ², S. D. Sivakumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Forest Products and Utilization, Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, (T.N.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN

Abstract

In India about 50 per cent of the population depends on agriculture, majority are small land holding farmers.As per world agriculture statistics (FAO, 2010). India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits and vegetables with a large and diverse agricultural sector in the world next to China. As of now, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture with allied sectors contributed 13.7 per cent of the GDP during 2010-11 (CSO, 2011). This research paper aims to study the cost and returns of pandal vegetables cultivation in Coimbatore District. 120 farmers was interviewed from Anamalai and Madukkarai blocks of Coimbatore District. The total establishment cost for pandal was Rs.3.2 lakhs per hectare and the investment cost for drip irrigation was Rs.0.73 lakhs per hectare. Majority of the sample farmers had experience of 21-30 years in farming and most of the farmers had 6-10 years experience in pandal vegetables cultivation. The cost of production per quintal of bitter gourd, snake gourd and ribbed gourd was Rs.1103, Rs. 981 and 952.71, respectively.

Keywords

Pandal Vegetables, Bitter Gourd, Snake Gourd, Ribbed Gourd, Cost of Cultivation.

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P. Balaji ¹, L. Lily Miracline Fernando ², A. Vidhyavathi ³, M. Santhasheela ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Forest Products and Utilization, Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam (T.N.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore(T.N.), IN
3 Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN
4 TNAU-ICAR, KVK-CSRC, Ramanathapuram (T.N.), IN

Abstract

Medicinal plants are gaining importance and are promoted for commercial cultivation in India in order to meet the increasing demand within the domestic and export markets. Tamil Nadu holds a major share in cultivation and export of more than 50 medicinal plants. This empirical research paper aims to study the production and marketing of Senna in Thoothukudi district and problems faced by the farmers and traders and to make some possible suggestion and policy implications in order to overcome the problems. Interview schedule was prepared and pre-tested, for the sample farmers. The primary data was collected from the sample respondents (farmers) through personal interview. The tools of analysis used in the study are percentage analysis, and Garretts' Ranking Technique. The cost of cultivation of Senna per hectare was Rs. 27,183.04 and the gross return per hectare was Rs. 56,500. The net return per hectare was Rs.29,316.96. Non-availability of labour the major problemfaced by the farmer inmarketing of Senna was the high cost of transportation and nonavailability of labour was faced under production.

Keywords

Senna, Production, Marketing, Constraints, Garretts' Ranking.

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N. Vinayagamoorthi ¹, C. Sekhar ², N. Venkatesa Palanichamy ¹, K. Harishankar ², P. Balaji ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN

Abstract

Among the major banana producing states, Tamil Nadu is the pioneer state in production of banana and its productivity is found to be very low when compared to the Gujarat and Maharashtra. In this respect, to assess the reasons for poor productivity of banana, a research study was undertaken with the principal objective of assessing the costs and returns and the technical efficiency of banana production in the Central Tamil Nadu. The resource use efficiency analysis indicated that the inputs like human labour, suckers, manure, weedicide, pesticide and nitrogen were found to be statistically significant across all varieties of banana and hence, these are contributive to yield of banana. When one could examine the actual productivity of banana in Tiruchirappalli district, the farmers could realize very low level of productivity because of non-practice of modern technology like precision farming approaches. In this respect, the farmers should be taken to the states like Gujarat and Maharashtra for an exposure visit to learn the modern techniques of raising banana plantations to realize higher productivity.

Keywords

Resource Use Efficiency, Technical Efficiency, Production of Banana, Marketing Efficiency, Price Spread.

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