An economic analysis of production of Chilli in Durg district of Chhattisgarh

Abstract

An attempt has been made in this study to examine the economic analysis of cost and return per hectare and input output ratio of chilli in durg district of Chhattisgarh. The study made use of a multistage sampling and random sampling technique to select 120 respondents among those selected villages. Data for the study were collected with the aid of a well- structured questionnaires. The production of chilli has increased largely due to productivity increase and increase in the area under the crop. The acreages under chilli not influenced by improvement in the productivity but it largely depended on the other factors like rainfall and price of this crop. Resource use structure in chilli was found to be varied among the size groups. Production cost of chilli was varied according to size groups of holding. The per hectare cost of cultivation of chilli was highest in small size farms and lowest on large size farms. The cost of cultivation was varied among the size groups of chilli growers. The input output ratio is highest on large size farms and lowest on small size farms.