THREATS AND PROSPECTS OF ARECANUT CULTIVATION IN KARNATAKA ? AN ECONOMIC STUDY
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THREATS AND PROSPECTS OF ARECANUT CULTIVATION IN KARNATAKA ? AN ECONOMIC STUDY
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Creator |
RANJITH KUMAR, P S
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PRAKASH KAMMRADI, T N
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Subject |
costs, productivity, tillage equipment, biological phenomena, economics, manpower, markets, wines, area, economic systems
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Description |
Arecanut is one of the most important commercial crops in Karnataka and it has the never ending list of uses. It finds a place in all religious, social and cultural functions. Although the production of arecanut is localized in a few states, the commercial product is widely distributed all over the country and is consumed by all classes of people. Arecanut economy is currently facing crisis from several fronts. Keeping these in background the present study was taken in Karnataka. The results found that price fluctuation and labour scarcity are the major threat across all the regions. In traditional regions of RBT and WCT, production is effected more by pests and diseases such as koleraga, root grab, YLD (yellow leaf disease) etc, compared to the nontraditional regions of RBT. Further study found that alternative/potential products from arecanut can be produced such as tannin, areca fat; alkaloids and areca extract which are of having greater demand in the market. The study also found that the cost of cultivation of arecanut in the traditional region of RBT was higher compared to non-traditional region of RBT and the traditional region of WCT. The net loss over total cost in case of traditional and non-traditional regions of RBT was Rs.7499/acre and Rs.11836/acre respectively and the gains in traditional region of WCT was Rs.6857/Acre. Hence, while recommending the MSP, cost of cultivation of all the regions has to be taken into consideration separately in order to protect the interest of farmers in all the regions. |
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Date |
2016-11-10T10:32:59Z
2016-11-10T10:32:59Z 2013-04-04 |
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Thesis
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Identifier |
Th-10467
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/84804 |
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Language |
en
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application/pdf
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University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK
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