A Study on Cost of Cultivation of Pearl Millet in Gird Region of Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract

An investigation has been conducted on a study cost of cultivation, marketable and marketed surplus of Pearl Millet in Gird Region of Madhya Pradesh. Morena district was selected purposely for this study due to this district has remarkable position under pearl millet production in the Madhya Pradesh. After selection of district and crop, Morena tehsils, was selected randomly out of six tehsils, then five village namely Rajhanspura, Jharoni, Lbhanpura, Bhitholi, Beretta were selected randomly from Morena tehsil, thereafter a list of pear millet growers prepared and arranged into ascending order namely small (Less than 2 ha) medium (2 -4 ha Large) and large (above 4 ha) from each category 30 farmers selected randomly. After analysis of study, it was found that average cost of cultivation (cost C3) of pearl millet in the study area was found to be ₹ 20655.73 /ha, which was highest on ₹ 21135.31 /ha on large, ₹ 20925.89 /ha on small farmers and ₹ 19906.01 /ha on medium farmers. The cost of cultivation of pearl millet decreases with the increase in size of land holdings. An average, the share of operational costs was 60.92 per cent of the total cost (cost C3) for the sample farms. An overall gross income per hectare of pearl millet cultivation was observed ₹ 23483.6667/ ha (Singh, H. P. et al. 2010), the gross income per hectare from pearl millet cultivation was higher on large farms as compared to medium and small sized farms. The (B: C Ratio) Input output ratio was highest as 1.17 on large farm followed by 1.14 and 1.10 on small and medium farm, respectively.