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Economics of Lavender (Lavandula officinalis L.) in Himachal Pradesh.†

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Title Economics of Lavender (Lavandula officinalis L.) in
Himachal Pradesh.†
 
Creator Singh, S
Singh, Virendra
G D, Kiran Babu
Kaul , V K
Ahuja, Paramvir Singh
 
Subject Information and Science Management
 
Description The present study depicts the economics of nursery raising, cultivation and essential oil
distillation of lavender (Lavandula officinalis) produced in Himachal Pradesh. The study is
based on the data collected from demonstration fields at IHBT Palampur, (Kangra, HP) and
Mountain Agriculture Research and Extension Station, (CSK HPKV) Salooni (Chamba,
HP). Cost components were calculated on the basis of prevailing market prices of inputs
and outputs. Cost of raising rooted cutting in nursery worked out to be Re 0.70/plant. Cost
of cultivation for producing an average spike yield of 35 q/ha/annum worked out to Rs.
54,049.25/ha/yr. Cost of essential oil production and net returns were calculated as Rs.
1,894.37/kg oil and Rs. 32,247.25/ha/yr, respectively. Lavender oil production is a
remunerative venture with Rs. 50,310.00 as net present value (NPV), 12.72 percent as
internal rate of return (IRR) and benefit cost ratio (BCR) as 1.58 and break even production
of oil at 12.33 kg as found out from the compiled data of lavender production in Himachal
Pradesh.
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ihbt.csircentral.net/784/1/Microsoft_Word_-_Final_Lav_paper_Economics_Non_Timber%5B1%5D.pdf
Singh, S and Singh, Virendra and G D, Kiran Babu and Kaul , V K and Ahuja, Paramvir Singh (2007) Economics of Lavender (Lavandula officinalis L.) in Himachal Pradesh.†. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 14 (2). pp. 97-100.
 
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