Cost Benefit Analysis Essay

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COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND MARKETING OF CABBAGE VEGETABLE IN BHANDARA DISTRICT Abstract The present study “Cost Benefit analysis and Marketing of Cabbage vegetable in Bhandara district.” For this 40 vegetable growers, and 10 village trader, wholesalers, retailers were selected in the study area. The data were collected with the help of specially tested schedule by personal interview method, using multistage random sampling method for the year 2013-14. The twenty villages of four tahsils viz., Tumsar, Mohadi, Pavani and lakhandur of Bhandara district were selected for the study. The study revealed that the cost of cultivation per hectare for Cabbage over the cost C2 was found 70512.72 Rs./ha. The net return over cost-C2 was found to 40531.66 Rs./ha. for Cabbage. The B:C ratio over cost A2; which is known as available cost was found to 3.57 for Cabbage. …show more content…

Out of this hardly about 1-2 per cent of the total cultivated area is under vegetable crops. These figures showed the necessity of vegetable cultivation on larger area. On an average, the yield-of vegetable crop is about 5 to.10 times more than these of cereals. They are quick growing and shorter duration. The short duration nature offers scopes for raising three or more crops a year and for fitting effectively in different cropping systems. Vegetables crops are lobour intensive and generates additional farm employment. Therefore it is time now, to take up the intensive and multiple vegetable cropping pattern in India. The vegetables crops hold a great promise for accelerating income of the farmers. Realizing the importance of vegetable cultivation many farmers are diverting their resources towards vegetables crops. The production of vegetable being seasonal and face tremendous uncertainties on several counts. Further, vegetables are extremely perishable in nature and, therefore, require speedy

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