Economics of raising nurseries in Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Rathod S. U., Sanap D. J., Babar A. P., Naik P. G.
Author Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, M.S., India.
International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics 2 : 46-54
Abstract : An attempt was made in this study to find out the cost and returns in the production of various fruit nurseries organized by government and private agencies. Aurangabad district was selected purposively because of maximum number of registered nurseries. Twenty seven private nurseries were selected in group-I and five government nurseries in group-II. The data pertained to the reference year 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07. The 1000 grafts were considered as an eco unit, total cost was worked out to mango, chiku, guava, pomegranate and sweet orange for group-I that were Rs.9210.32, Rs.9182.98, Rs.5032.14, Rs.7076.94 and Rs.5908.35, respectively and for group-II it was Rs.5057.75, Rs.6976.64, Rs.8579.52, Rs.8549.58 and Rs.5099.41, respectively. The scion sticks/bud sticks, human labour, roots stocks, polythene material, sales tax, rental value of land and supervision charges were the major items of cost. Net income from mango, chiku, guava, pomegranate and sweet orange grafts worked out of group-I was Rs.8645.28, Rs.9858.03, Rs.5326.87, Rs.1995.26 and Rs.4686.15, respectively and for group-II it was Rs.5501.05, Rs.4345.36, Rs.2133.48, Rs.1751.10 and Rs.5202.59, respectively. The marginal productivity analysis indicated that, there was no scope to increase consumption of polythene and packing material for both the groups.