An economic analysis of areca leaf plate manufacturing enterprise

Arecanut (Areca catechu L.) is a commercially and socially important plantation crop in South-East Asia. Though the dry kernel is the economic part leaf sheaths which form the agro-waste are used to are used to make use and throw utensils that are eco-friendly. An empirical survey of the sample entrepreneurs in the study area of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka was conducted. Sixty respondents were selected by a combination of purposive, snowball and random sampling techniques. The input utilization pattern, asset position, labor utilization pattern and, costs and returns structure of the enterprise was analyzed. The enterprises yielded Rs. 778272 of net returns per annum with a B:C ratio of 2.4. Hence, it forms an economically feasible and financially viable enterprise that can replace thermocol, polythene paper and plastic plates. As a subsidiary.