Economic analysis of groundnut crop in western district of Odisha

Abstract

The present study was conducted to analyze the economics of groundnut crop. The study area was selected on the basis of highest area and production under this crop. The selected area was Kalahandi district of Odisha under groundnut crop. The present investigation was carried out to study the cost of cultivation and constraints in production confronted by farmer of selected groundnut crop. The overall cost of production was Rs. 46026.11 on cost C3 basis. The gross income per hectare in cultivation of groundnut was Rs. 89712.17. The net income was workout Rs. 43086.06. However, return on per rupee with rental value owned land was 2.13 and without rental value 2.22. The study of constraints in production of the groundnut crop revealed that all the production problems were common in the study area. The timely not availability of labour, irrigation supply, electricity, lack of storage facility at farm level, weeding problem, unawareness of the seed rate were the major constraints identified in production of oilseed crops