Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Akshay S Gadakh and Kamble SD

Abstract:
The present investigation was intended to depict the picture of Tuberose cultivation in Akola district of Maharashtra. The present study was carried out to study cost structure, returns of tuberose flower during the year 2018-2019 based on primary data. A sample of 90 tuberose growers was selected based on random sampling. It was observed that, the overall level the cost of production was Rs. 3,38,386.06 i.e., Cost C₃ while the cost A₁ was about 47.57 percent and cost B₂ was about 74.41 percent. The major items of cultivation were Human labour, planting material, manures and fertilizers and imputed rental value of land. The per hectare gross income received from tuberose was 5,20,999.98 at overall level. The output-input ratio which indicate that the profitability of investment was observed to be 1.62 at Cost C₃ at the overall level. This indicated that the growing of tuberose crop is a profitable proposition.