1Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Kulbhaskar Asharam PG College, Allahabad-211002
2Student of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Ranchi-834008
The study was carried out in Giridih district of Jharkhand with the objectives of to work out the cost and return structure of onion cultivation and to identify the major constraints confronted by the farmers in onion cultivation. For the selection of respondent's multistage sampling design was employed. Primary data has collected from sample of 120 onion growing farmers. The data so collected pertained to the Rabi season of the agricultural year 2016–17. The study concluded that, the average cost of cultivation of onion in dhanwar block was Rs. 57687.95 per acreage which was higher than Rs.50374.3 in case of Birni. The total variable cost per acre in Dhanwar was Rs. 45325.16 and in Birni it was Rs.41691.40. The output per acre in Dhanwar was 65.52 quintal and in Birni it was 46.00 quintal/acre. The return per rupee investment was around Rs. 1.71 and Rs. 1.34 over variable and total cost respectively in case of Dhanwar block. In Birni block it was Rs.1.65 over variable cost and Rs. 1.37over fixed cost. The major problems in cultivation of onion were lack of water for irrigation, high cost of seeds, pest and diseases, awareness on optimum use of fertilizers, high cost of labour etc.
Profitability, BC ratio, Cost of Cultivation, Optimum output, Onion cultivation
