Adoption of Good Agricultural Practices in Mango Cultivation to Enhance Famers’ Income

The present study has explored the effect of credit which motivates adoption of good agricultural practices in mango production in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu. A sample of 270 mango growing farmers (135 adopters of good agricultural practices and 185 adopters of conventional practises) was selected. The conventional practice adopters were categorized into credit farmers and non-credit farmers. The data related to yield were collected for each year of the age of the mango trees. The study has found that mango farmers could earn huge profit if mango orchards are planned on commercial basis. The net present worth (per ha) was estimated to be 2878209, 985235 and 329735 for GAP adopters, conventional-credit farmers and conventional-non-credit farmers, respectively. The corresponding BCR worked out to be 9.28, 5.90 and 4.38. This shows that investment in mango cultivation though substantial is economically justifiable.