Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Devprakash Verma, Dr. Ajay Kumar Gauraha, Dr. MR Chandrakar and Dr. Dronak Kumar

Abstract:
The study was conducted at periphery of Raipur city of Chhattisgarh, where sample of 55 respondents was selected randomly. The respondents were classified into three groups viz., small (>2.00 hectares), medium (2.01- 4.00 hectares) and large (4.01 hectares and above) farms. The total cost of cultivation of tomato of sample farms at overall was Rs.150142.28/ha. total variable cost was 85.80 per cent and the share of human labour cost was maximum and found to be 39.61 per cent followed by materials imputed cost plant protection (14.28 per cent), staking (11.35 per cent), machine power cost (3.69 per cent). While overall input-output ratio and B: C ratio were found to be 1:2.39 and 1:1.39, On an overall basis Gross returns (total income) was observed to the Rs 277045.75/ha, while net returns was found to be Rs 208416.12/ha and overall production of tomato was 813.40 quintal /ha.