Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Iba Thanwal and Dr. Ramchandra

Abstract:
The present thesis has examined the trends and patterns of kiwi crop, farmers ‘production behavior and problems faced by farmers in the cultivation of kiwi in Himachal Pradesh. In such a situation, it is important to study production and marketing of Kiwi. Economics of Kiwi production was studied with the following objectives to estimate the costs and returns of persimmon production per ha. And B.C ratio, to identify different marketing channels, to estimate price spread and marketing efficiency, marketing cost to identify constraints in production and marketing of maize and suggest suitable policy measures. Solan district was purposively selected for the present study. There are 10 blocks in this district, out of them we selected 2blocks Nauni and Ochgaht block. From two blocks 20villages did select comprise 10-10 from each. Total of 100 sample farmers were selected category wise. The average size of the family was found to be maximum i.e 6.1 on semi medium farm category followed by 5.90, 5.96, and 6 on marginal, small and medium categories respectively table. Under this situation, the total family size was found to be 23.96 with 51.71% males and rest females. The sex ratio of male and female was worked out to be 105.22, 106.59, 110 and 107.98 for marginal, small, semi medium and medium farm categories respectively. The data collected were analyzed by adopting average and percentage analyses and used to show the differences about different size of farm groups. Results of the study revealed that Establishment cost of kiwi per hundred plants was Rs.39832.03. The payback period worked out to be 5 years for all the farm categories. Benefit-cost ratio was estimated to 2.56 to overall farmers and in category wise in ranges from 2.55 for marginal farmers, 2.61 for small farmers and 2.54 for medium farmers, for marginal, 43 for medium and. The findings of this study strongly recommend optimum resource utilization to adapt to the adverse conditions and achieve desired growth in kiwi cultivation and ultimately productivity.