Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Snehal Athawale, Sunita Suryawanshi and Swati Gawande

Abstract:
In India and other areas of the world, brinjal is one of the most widely cultivated vegetable crops. The present study was undertaken to determine the growth rate of area and production of brinjal in the Amravati district along with the estimation of cost and returns in brinjal production for the year 2020-2021 for the kharif season. The study is based on both primary and secondary data. Total 90 brinjal growers were interviewed from three tahsils; Amravati, Anjangon Surji and Achalpur tahsil of Amravati district. Both area and production of brinjal showcased the positive growth rate as 11.38 and 18.55 percent, respectively. The gross returns from brinjal was ₹ 2,37,372.55, ₹ 2,40,346.38 and ₹ 2,45,110.32 for small, medium and large group of brinjal growers, respectively. At overall level, the gross return was ₹ 2,39,800.69. Whereas per hectare total cost of cultivation of brinjal was the highest in the large group at cost “C₃” (₹ 1,65,224.40) followed by medium group (₹ 1,59,815.15) and small group (₹ 1,52,882.64). The highest benefit-cost ratio of brinjal at cost “C₃” was recorded 1.55 in small group followed by 1.50 in medium group and 1.48 in large group. At overall level benefit-cost ratio was 1.53. Results revealed that brinjal cultivation is profitable hence area under brinjal can be increased because of profitability.