An Economic Analysis of Groundnut Production in Gorakhpur District of Uttar Pradesh

This study conduced in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, has found operational area, farm investment, cost and return and input-output relationship of groundnut production on different farm-size groups based on secondary data collected from published sources, and primary data collected from 100 farmers selected randomly from 5 villages in each farm-size proportionately. The study has revealed that the average farm-size was 0.94 ha and per farm investment increased with farm-size. However, per hectare investment on fixed capital decreased with increase in farm-size. The overall average input-output ratio has been worked out to be 1:1.73. The study has also revealed that cost of cultivation, gross returns and net returns were highest on marginal farms due to heavy investment on fixed and variable costs.