AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ARECANUT PRODUCTION IN MALAPPURAM DISTRICT OF KERALA
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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ARECANUT PRODUCTION IN MALAPPURAM DISTRICT OF KERALA
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Creator |
HASNA HASSAN, P. P
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Contributor |
MACHI RAJU, M.S
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Subject |
costs, manpower, economics, tillage equipment, yields, productivity, coconuts, physical control, irrigation, crops
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Description |
The present study entitled “An Economic Analysis of Arecanut Production in Malappuram district of Kerala” was intended to examine the cost structure and economic viability in the cultivation of arecanut. Two taluks and six villages having maximum area under arecanut plantations were selected. All the arecanut growers in the selected villages were listed out and sixty farmers were selected at random. The sample so selected was subjected to post classification into pre-bearing orchards (1st – 5th year) and bearing orchards (6th – 50th year) which comprised of three stages viz., yield increasing period (6th – 25th year), yield stabilization period XI (26th – 40th year) and yield declining period (41st – 50th year). The data were collected from the selected respondents on well structured survey schedule designed for the purpose for the year 2008 – 2009. The data were analysed to fulfill the objectives by using conventional and project evaluation techniques. The total labour requirement during economic life span (50 years) of arecanut garden stood at 14,243.43 mandays per hectare of which watch and ward, irrigation, dehusking, weeding, harvesting and intercultivation took major share of 4,100 mandays (28.79 per cent), 2,620 mandays (18.39 per cent), 1,595.52 mandays (11.20 per cent), 1,540 mandays (10.81 per cent), 1,200 mandays (8.42 per cent) and 980 mandays (6.88 per cent) respectively. The commercial cost of cultivation (Cost C) for the life span of arecanut garden was Rs.34,52,903.35 per hectare. . The gross and net income realized for the entire economic life period were Rs.59,58,675 and Rs.25,05,771.65 per hectare respectively. The net present value was as high as Rs.5,38,049.12 at 10 per cent and Rs. 71,810.82 at 24 per cent . The B-C ratio was 1.87 even at higher discount rate of 24 per cent. The IRR was calculated at 40 per cent. All the measure indicated the economic viability of arecanut cultivation. |
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Date |
2016-06-24T13:29:39Z
2016-06-24T13:29:39Z 2010 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67925
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Language |
en
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D8705;
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application/pdf
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ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
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