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SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF FCV TOBACCO CULTIVATION IN KARNATAKA

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Title SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF FCV TOBACCO CULTIVATION IN KARNATAKA
 
Creator H K, BHAVYA
 
Contributor G S, ANANTH
 
Subject sowing, rice, genotypes, planting, developmental stages, yields, irrigation, biological phenomena, enzymes, planting methods
 
Description Tobacco called as “Golden Leaf” and one of the important commercial crops of
India. An attempt has been made to analyze the socio-economic and environmental
impact assesment of FCV tobacco cultivation in Karnataka. The study pertains to the
198 tobacco growers and 66 non-tobacco growers in Mysore and Hassan district of
Karnataka. The study revealed that the Socio-economic condition of tobacco growing
farmers was better than the non-tobacco growers. On an average, total cost incurred per
acre was Rs. 49,369, and the net returns realized was Rs. 24,629 which was 8.36 times
more than the net returns obtained by growing paddy (Rs. 2944/ac), 7.27 times higher
than maize (Rs. 3386/ac) and 17.47 times higher than ragi (Rs. 1409/ac) per acre, 34.20
times more than cowpea (Rs. 720/ac) and 30.40 times higher than horsegram (Rs.
810/ac), the same when compared with field bean the net returns (Rs. 4962/ac) was 5
times less than tobacco which indicates field bean is the next best alternative which
brings more net returns to farmers as compared to other crops. Farmers opined that they
were fully satisfied for the different services and inputs provided by a marketing firm
(ITC ILTD) and the environmental cost of curing tobacco produced in one acre was
Rs.1613. Trend in gross income over the years per acre of tobacco is more increasing as
compared to the other crops such as paddy, maize, ragi, cowpea, horsegram and
fieldbean.
 
Date 2016-10-25T11:21:21Z
2016-10-25T11:21:21Z
2014-07-30
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier TH-10880
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/81740
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore