Vol. 10 (4) : July-August 2019 issue
Green Farming Vol. 10 (4) : 514-517 ; July-August, 2019
An economic analysis of production of mushroom in Supaul district of Bihar
ANUPAM KUMARI1*, SANJAY KUMAR2 and ABHAY KUMAR BHARDWAJ3
aDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj - 211 007 (Uttar Pradesh),
bBioved Research Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Prayagraj - 211 002 (Uttar Pradesh)
Designation : 1P.G. Student *(anupam.1ais@gmail.com), 2,3Assistant Professor
Subject : Agriculture Economics, Agri-Business, Marketing & Statistics, Farm Management
Paper No. : P-7628
Total Pages : 4
Received : 27 May 2019
Revised accepted : 29 July 2019
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Citation :
ANUPAM KUMARI, SANJAY KUMAR and ABHAY KUMAR BHARDWAJ. 2019. An economic analysis of production of mushroom in Supaul district of Bihar. Green Farming Vol. 10 (4) : 514-517 ; July-August, 2019
ABSTRACT
Mushroom plays important role in economy and human diet. An attempt has been made in this study to examine the economic analysis of cost and return per 100 sq. ft. and input output ratio of Mushroom in Supaul district of Bihar. The study made use of a multistage sampling and randomly sampling technique to select 65 respondents among those selected villages. Data for the study were collected with the aid of a well- structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using tabulation method along with required statistical tool. All respondent were categorized as small, medium and large growers on the basis of straw used in mushroom production. Resource use structure in mushroom was found to be varied among the size groups. Production cost of mushroom was varied according to size groups of growers. The per 100 sq. ft. cost of cultivation of mushroom was highest in small size farms and lowest on large size farms. The cost of cultivation was varied among the size groups of mushroom growers. The input output ratio is highest on large size farms and lowest on small size farms. The study showed that the per 100 sq. ft. cost of cultivation of mushroom varied from ` 2982.86 on small farm growers to 2387.54 on large growers with the average cost of ` 2676.25. On an average, total fixed and variable costs were ` 540.41 and `1474.31which constituted 20.19 per cent and 55.33 per cent of total cost, respectively. Average mushroom production per 100 sq. ft. area across small, medium and large growers was 56.23 kg, 57.77 kg and 58.65 kg, respectively.
Key words :
Cost and return, Economic analysis, Input output ratio, Mushroom, Supaul.