Economics of rajmash cultivation in Eastern Jammu region

An economic analysis of rajmash was carried out in Bhaderwah and Bhalla blocks of Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir state during 2015–16. From each selected block, five villages were selected randomly and from each selected village, 10 farmers were selected randomly without replacement so as to constitute a total sample size of 100 farmers. The sample comprised of 78 marginal farmers, 14 small farmers and 8 medium farmers. Primary data were used to analyze the results. Which revealed that per hectare cost of cultivation of rajmash was 33176 on marginal farms, 36301 on small farms and 37931 on medium farms, respectively with an overall average of 35354. On overall cost A₁, A₂, B₁, B₂, C₁, C₂ and C₃ were worked out to be 15043, 15816, 15885, 28489, 22749, 35354 and 38889, respectively. On an average, the returns per rupee of investment over cost A₁, A₂, B₁, B₂, C₁, C₂ and C₃ were 4.72, 4.49, 4.47, 2.49, 3.12, 2.01 and 1.83, respectively Net income of rajmash cultivation varied from 37761 on marginal farms to 32533 on medium farms with an overall average of 35634. The cost benefit ratio was calculated as 2.12, 1.94 and 1.86 on marginal, small and medium farms, respectively. On overall, the cost benefit ratio was worked out to be 2.01.