Determination of profitability and resource-use efficiency of coconut production in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The study was attempted to measure and compare the relationship between coconuts out and the various inputs used by coconut growers, elasticity and economic efficiency of resource used in production of coconuts. The study was carried out East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, Multistage method was adopted, the forty villages of four mandals viz., P Gannavaram, Ainavilli, Ambajipeta, Kothapeta mandals of East Godavari District has been selected for the study and the data were collected from 400 coconut growers, sample coconut growers were classified as small and large coconut growers. Primary data were basically used with the aid of structured questionnaires administered on coconuts growers using in multistage sampling techniques. The present study was conducted to analyze the cost, returns and resource use efficiency among the beneficiary coconut growers East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh.