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Economic Affairs
Year : 2018, Volume : 63, Issue : 3
First page : ( 591) Last page : ( 603)
Print ISSN : 0424-2513. Online ISSN : 0976-4666.
Article DOI : 10.30954/0424-2513.3.2018.1

Production and Marketing Analysis of Knol-khol under Sub-Tropical Conditions of Jammu Region: A case study

Kachroo Jyoti1,*, Bhat Anil1, Kumar Manish2, Singh S.P.1, Raina Dalip3

1Department of Agril. Economics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Main Campus, Chatha-180009, J&K. India

2Department of Statistics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Main Campus, Chatha-180009, J&K. India

3Department of Business Administration, Vishwakarma Skill Development University, Haryana, India

*Corresponding author: djaskachroo@rediffmail.com

Online published on 7 February, 2019.

Abstract

The numbers of small farms are increasing over time mainly due to division and subdivision and sale and resale of farms. These small farms are inefficient for growing crops such as wheat, cotton, sugarcane and rice, since a lot of money resource is prerequisite for growing these crops. With such circumstances, crops that are short duration and fetch high returns are suitable for such farms. Such crops are vegetables that not only give high returns but they are also a cheap source of essential nutrients. The present study has analysed the cost and return analysis as well as technical efficiency of knol-khol producing farms of Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir state. Three districts Jammu, Udhampur and Samba are selected for the said study. DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) have been used for the estimating the technical efficiency. Farmers in the study area used purchased as well as home produced inputs. The costs of home produced inputs were calculated in monetary terms on the basis of opportunity cost principle i.e., the market price. The cost of cultivation is found to be 7796.65/acre (overall) with 7743.27/acre for Bhalwal block and 7850.02/acre for Marh block for Jammu district, in Samba district, the overall average was 6855.57/acre with 6416.38/acre for Vijaypur block and 7294.76 for Samba block and it was 7999.68/acre (overall average), 8166.21/acre (Udhampur block) and 7833.15/acre (Chenani block) in Udhampur district. The gross returns were 25250.00/acre, 31500.00/acre, 27720.00/acre, 34560.00/acre, 27000.00/acre and 36300.00/acre for Bhalwal, Marh, Vijaypur, Samba, Udhampur and Chenani blocks whereas the overall average for Jammu, Samba and Udhampur districts were 28325.00/acre, 31050.00/acre and 31500.00/acre, respectively.

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Keywords

Subdivision, small farms, Jammu and Kashmir, cultivation.

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