1Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.
2Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College, Bapatla.
The comments of the referee are gratefully acknowledged.
Coffee is a major plantation crop grown in the hilly tracts of Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. The present study is an attempt to assess the economic viability of coffee cultivation based on the data collected from a sample of 90 small tribal coffee growers of the study area. Based on the simple rate of return, pay back period, net present value, benefit cost ratio, internal rate of return, profitability index and average annual margin, coffee cultivation practised by tribals in Visakhapatnam district was found to be an economically viable proposition.
