Record Details

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ARECANUT PRODUCTION IN MALAPPURAM DISTRICT OF KERALA

KrishiKosh

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ARECANUT PRODUCTION IN MALAPPURAM DISTRICT OF KERALA
 
Creator HASNA HASSAN, P. P
 
Contributor MACHI RAJU, M.S
 
Subject costs, manpower, economics, tillage equipment, yields, productivity, coconuts, physical control, irrigation, crops
 
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.
 
Date 2016-06-24T13:29:39Z
2016-06-24T13:29:39Z
2010
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67925
 
Language en
 
Relation D8705;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY