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ECONOMICS OF POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY OF GROUNDNUT IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT

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Title ECONOMICS OF POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY OF GROUNDNUT IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT
 
Creator JAGADISWAR, V
 
Contributor CHANDRA REDDY, T
 
Subject ECONOMICS, POST, HARVEST, TECHNOLOGY, GROUNDNUT, CHITTOOR ,DISTRICT
 
Description India has been experiencing the alarming situation of
increased import of edible oils and the consequent inevitable
drain on foreign exchange reserves. This could be avoided to
some extent, by the concerted efforts in post-harvest technological
operations which includes stora·ge, drying, shelling,
crushing, etc. These operations are chiefly carried out by
the oil processing industry which, in·ter alia, includes
groundnut oil mills and oil rotaries. Their sound economical
operations was the key factor for the healthy environment
of decreased oil imports. These situations warrant to probe
into economies of post-·harvest technology of groundnut. So
the present study entitled 'Economics of Post-Harvest Technology
of Groundnut in Chittoor District' was undertaken.
Chittoor district in Rayalaseema region ranks second in
acreage and production of groundnut besides the
of sizeable number of processing units, which
selection of this district for indepth study.
existence
led to the
15 oil mills
and 15 oil rotaries were selected randomly and survey method
was adopted in which specifically designed, pre-tested
questionnaire was used to record the responses from the
respondents during the year 1987-'88.
Oil mills were post-stratified into two categories,
category-A and category-a, based on the presence or absence
of godown storage practice respectively. This was to carry
out analysis on storage aspects of oil mills only as the
rotaries do not store any produce.
Oil mills and oil rotaries were post-classified,
based on horse power capacities into five categories each.
Oil mills between 25-35 horse power are categorised as
category-!, 35-45 as category-II, 45-55 as category-III,
55-65 as category-IV, and 65-75 as category-V.
Oil rotaries with a capacity between 5-10 horse
power are categorised as category~!, 10-15 horse power as
category-II, 15-20 as category-III, 20-25 as category-IV
and 25-30 as category-V. This classification is to bring
about conditions for easy analysis on costs and returns
and other aspects.
Tabular, break-even and business ratio analyses
are applied to arrive at the results.
Storage costs and losses per quintal of kernels
stored are less in category-A compared to category-B.
Rodents, moisture and insects are the chief causative
factors for storage losses.
Costs per quintal of oil production are low in
categories-!! and III in oil mills and category-V in oil
rotaries. ·This led to the highest 11et returns in them.
Category-IV oil mills and oil rotaries, on account of
higher proportionate -repair charges incurred more processing
costs and thus low net returns. The source of returns in
oil mills was from sale of oil and oil cake, · -whereas rotaries
obtained returns from hire operation of kernels crushed.
Oil mills purchased kernels and paid taxes while they are
absent in rotories. This led to the higher costs and net
returns in mills and vice-versa in rotories.
Employment generation is more in oil mills compared
to rotories. All categories of oil mills and oil rotories
are profitabl,Yoperated as was revealed~· break-even analysis
as well as business ratio analysis.
Oil recovery performance is comparatively better in
oil mills.
Rotories are easy to establish, sitnple to operate,
provid~ . employment to family labour and should be encouraged
 
Date 2016-08-06T10:44:22Z
2016-08-06T10:44:22Z
1989
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/71183
 
Language en
 
Relation D3073;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, RAJENDRANAGAR, HYDERABAD