aShri Shivajai Agriculture College, Amravati – 444 603, Maharashtra.
bAgriculture Science Course, Rural Institute, Pipri – Wardha, Maharashtra.
The study has been undertaken with the objectives of analyzing the economics of paddy processing and finding the break even point for its different products. The study has been conducted in the tehshils of Gondia, Gregaon and Amgaon of Gondia district by collecting data from various government publications and the selected paddy processing units for the period 1999–2000 to 2008–2009. The per quintal net return from processing of purchased paddy has been found directly related to the size of rice mill. The benefit-cost ratio has been found as 1.55, 1.52 and 1.55 for small, medium and large rice mills, respectively. The per quintal gross return from rice flakes has been found almost same for small, medium and large mills of rice flakes but net return has been observed highest for large rice flake mills, followed by medium and small mills. The study has reported the overall break even volume for different sizes of rice mills, rice flake mills and puffed rice mills. The break even volume of paddy has been found less than the actual quantity handled by all the paddy processing mills.
