Vol. 11, Special Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
Keshav Kumar, Vikram Yogi, Shubham Arya and Dheeraj Kumar

Abstract:
The Comparative Economics of the chickpea production in Rajasthan with reference to the Gangour variety was evaluated in this study. The evaluation was based on a household survey of Bengal gram grower in 4 villages of Bikaner District of Rajasthan. The estimated cost of cultivation was ₹32068.10, Net Income ₹44599.90 in case of the Gangour variety while cost of cultivation ₹30535.43, Net Income ₹15494.07 was in case of local cultivar. The gross income from the Gangour variety was greater than local variety that is ₹76668 and ₹46029.50 per hectare, respectively because of higher yield and low cost of production of former as compared to latter one and their yield was of 17.70q and 10.65q, respectively and the cost of production was ₹1811.75and ₹2867.18 respectively. The Output- Input Ratio for the Gangour variety was 2.39 and for local variety was1.51. Cultivation of Gangour variety are profitable than local varieties.