The present study was undertaken to know the cost and returns, producers' share in consumer's rupee and problem in production and processing of mango. The study has been undertaken in Gadchiroli district. Data pertained for the year 2010-11.The standard cost concept was used for working out per hectare cost and returns. Marketing aspect was studied by calculating producers' share in consumer's rupee. Per hectare establishment cost of mango orchard during five year for overall age groups of orchard was Rs.41,796.08. Among the different items of expenditure share of human labour was higher followed by bullock labour. Per hectare establishment cost for bearing life of the orchard i.e. 20 years was Rs.2,089.80. Per hectare cost of cultivation (Cost "C") of mango orchard for the sample as a whole was Rs.63,964.85 per hectare. Average per year gross income for the sample as a whole was Rs.1,48,956.00. The output-input ratio was higher in Dhanora tahsil(1:2.57). As regards marketing of mango, there was only one channel of marketing [(channel-producer-consumer (NGO)].Thus, producers' share in consumer's rupee was observed 93.59 per cent. Total marketing cost incurred by mango grower in transportation and market fees contributed higher.
Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) is the world's second important food crop after wheat because of yield potential and highly nutritive value. India ranks 2 nd in area as well as production after China. Gondia district is agriculturally developed district whcih may be because of the monocrop paddy. Gondia district is historically important for the cultivation of paddy crop. Practically the entire agricultural population is either directly or indirectly dependent on the success of this crop. The study was undertaken in Gondia district with objective were to study the cost and return of marketing of paddy and problems faced by farmers in marketing of paddy. The results pertained on primary data collected through survey method from Gondia district for the year 2010-11. For the study, 90 paddy growers were selected. For, the study four marketing channels were selected for knowing the market price spread. Channel (I)-Producer-Consumer, Channel (II)-Producer-Miller-Retailer-Consumer. Channel (III)-Producer-Village trader-Miller-Retailer-Consumer, Channel (IV)-Producer-Wholesaler-Miller-Retailer-Consumer. Out of four-channels, producer's share in consumer's rupee was highest in case of channel (I) and it was 94.66 per cent, in channel (II) and channel (III) it was 53.05, and 53.90 per cent and in channel (IV) it was 51.87 per cent. It was concluded that the selling of produce in market by producer himself directly to the consumer was found to be most profitable. In marketing of paddy, non-remunerative price of paddy and high cost of transportation were identified to be the major problems, which need the immediate attention of the policy-makers.
The present study was conducted in Gondia district of Maharastra. The objective was to study the cost and return of paddy production and problems faced by farmers in production of paddy. The result pertaining to this aspect were based on the primary data collected through survey method from Gondia district for the year 2010-11. Ninety paddy growers selected were distributed according to size of land holding i.e. small, medium and large farmers. The study revealed that, per hectare cost of cultivation at overall basis was Rs. 38214.30. Overall per qt. cost of production of paddy growers was Rs. 1016.96. It was higher in large farmers i.e. Rs. 1043.18. The net return obtained on an overall basis was Rs. 5061.47. The highest net return obtained from the large farmers i.e. 6505.4 followed by medium farmers i.e. Rs. 5363.32 and Rs. 3923.87 in small farmers. The input-output ratio on overall basis was 1:1.15 which was higher in large farmers and low in small farmer. Nonavailiability of labour at the time of transplanting and high wages of labour were identified to be the major problems, which need the immediate attention of the policy-makers.
The present study on the inter district disparities in "Agricultural development was conducted in Amravati division. The data were collected from different public records of State Governments, cooperatives and private institutions. There was good agricultural development in Amravati and Akola district while decrease in Yavatmal and Buldhana district. Amravati was identified as model district over a period of time. The rank of Amravati was 1 st and remains constant. The rank of Akola district came down to 2 nd in 1996-97 to 2001-02. The rank of Buldhana district came down to 3 rd in 2001-02 to 4 th in 2006-07. The rank of Yavatmal district was improved from 3 rd to 2 nd but came down from 3 rd in 2006-07 to 2 nd in 2010-11. Amravati district was classified as 'most developed'
The data were collected from different public records of State Governments, Cooperatives and Private institutions. The compound growth rate of area, production and productivity of major crops were calculated at different periods. Therefore, present study indicated that whether the rate of development had been uniform or whether their was any imbalance in Amravati division.There was reduction in area and production under total cereals and cotton in Amravati district. Reduction in area under total cereals was also observed in Buldhana, Akola and Yavatmal district. Area under total food grain was found significantly increasing in Buldhana, Akola and Yavatmal district. There was a positive growth in productivity of cereals, pulses oilseeds food grain and cotton. Area and production of cotton was observed more in Yavatmal district. The production of total food grain was observed more stable in Amravati district.
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