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 study was aimed to investigate the production performance of wheat in western Maharashtra. The data of 20 years regarding area, production and productivity of wheat was made available through the secondary source for all the districts of the western Maharashtra region. The study period of 1996-97 to 2015-16 was split into two sub periods i.e. period-I (1996-97 to 2005-2006), period-II (2006-07 to 2015-16) and overall period. The growth rates were calculated using the exponential function. The instability in area, production, and productivity was measured with a coefficient of variation (CV) and Cuddy Della Valle’s Instability index. The relative contribution of area and yield to change in output was estimated by Minhas decomposition model. The district-wise analysis was carried out which resulted that, during the period-I and period-II, almost all districts in the western Maharashtra region registered negative growth including the region as a whole. The area and productivity showed stability in wheat crop in almost all the districts of western Maharashtra region. In the western Maharashtra region, among all the parametric models fitted to the area, production and productivity of wheat crop, the maximum R2 was observed in the case of cubic model in all the districts of Western Maharashtra region with the region as a whole. The region as a whole recorded 59 per cent which marked as the highest R2 in productivity as compared to area and production. The decomposition analysis for western Maharashtra region depicted the largest area effect on wheat production. It was also observed that for both periods the area effect was more pronounced than the yield effect and interaction effect. Hence, there is need for policy maker to formulate development-oriented policies and the researchers to design an investigative research activity for promoting a sustainable wheat production system in the region for expansion of area under wheat cultivation.

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.

SUMMARY :Chilli is universal spice of India. Chillies are said to have originated in the Latin American regions of the New Mexico and Guatemala as a wild crop around 7500BC. There are over 50 spices produced in India and good numbers of them are grown in the country which is indigenous. Among them pepper, cardamom, ginger and dry chilli are important. Among spices, a few spices viz., clove, nutmeg, vanilla and certain varieties of chillies were introduced to the country. Among the spices consumed per head, dried chilli fruits constitute a major share. The objective was to study the problems faced by farmers in production of dry chilli. The result pertaining to this aspect was based on primary data collected through survey method from Wardha district for the year 2010-11. Overall 90 dry chilli growers were selected for the study. Farmers are distributed according to size of land holding i.e., small, medium and large farmers. The study revealed that, the farmers have major problem of the lack of technical knowledge in production while non-remunerative prices and high cost of transportation is major problem in marketing.How to cite this article : Dangore, U.T., Bahekar, A.K., Datarkar, S.B. and Darekar, A.S. (2015). Constraints faced by dry chilli growers in production and marketing of dry chilli in Wardha district of Maharashtra. Agric. Update, 10(3): 252-254.