Technology and Business Development Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow – 226 015, Uttar Pradesh
Online published on 24 February, 2018.
The paper has discussed the economics of cultivation of four aromatic crops, viz. menthol mint, tulsi, vetiver and palmrosa based on the secondary data collected from different published research papers, and farm bulletins published by CSIR-CIMAP and the study is limited to Uttar Pradesh only. The total returns were found maximum in vetiver ( 2,29,450/ha), followed by palmrosa (1,24,000/ha) as one year crop and in menthol mint ( 59030/ha) as compared to tulsi ( 58,200/ha) as short duration crops. The net return over variables cost was also highest in vetiver ( 1,72,503/ha), followed by palmrosa ( 76073/ha), tulsi ( 43,853/ha), menthol mint ( 42,425/ha). However, the benefit-cost ratio was highest in the case of tulsi (3.06), closely followed by vetiver (3.03), menthol mint (2.25) and palmrosa (1.59). Therefore, the paper has concluded that cultivation of all these four aromatic crops was highly profitable and farmers in the study area should be encouraged to diversify their existing cropping pattern by introducing these aromatic crops according to climate conditions for income and employment enhancement at farm gate.
Aromatic plants, economics, costs and return, agricultural diversification, Uttar Pradesh
