Vol. 6 (4) : July-August 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (4) : 824-828 ; July-August, 2015
Economic evaluation of protected cultivation technology for Capsicum
P.B. GAMANAGATTI1*, B.L. PATIL2 and R.A. YELEDHALLI3
Deptt. of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar *(pavanecon@gmail.com), 2Assoc. Prof, 3Professor
Subject : Agriculture Economics, Agri-Business, Marketing & Statistics, Farm Management
Paper No. : P-2296
Total Pages : 5
Received : 11 July 2014
Revised accepted : 11 June 2015
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Citation :
P.B. GAMANAGATTI, B.L. PATIL and R.A. YELEDHALLI. 2015. Economic evaluation of protected cultivation technology for Capsicum. Green Farming Vol. 6 (4) : 824-828 ; July-August, 2015
ABSTRACT
Capsicum is one of the most popular and highly remunerative annual herbaceous vegetable crop. The economics of Protected Cultivation Technology (PCT) under Capsicum was evaluated during year 2013-14. The average cost per hectare establishment cost for Capsicum PCT unit was found to be ` 7792.39 thousand. PCT Capsicum required 1166 human labour days, of which 18.58 per cent came from the family and remaining 81.52 were hired. The cost B was ` 1520.98 thousand and cost C was ` 1560.18 thousand. The gross return received from Capsicum was ` 2914.92 thousands. The output-input ratio at cost D 1.83. Per fruit cost of production was the ` 19.24 and with subsidy it was ` 16.63. The B-C ratio was 1.36 for 10 per cent, where as 1.32 & 1.25 for 12 & 15 per cent respectively. The payback period for Capsicum is 3.66 years and internal rate of return was 28 per cent.
Key words :
Capsicum, Economic evaluation, Establishment cost, NPV, PCT, Resource utilization, Sweet pepper.
