Agricultural Reviews
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue: 4

Economic Analysis of Production of a Little Gourd (Coccinia grandis) in Central Gujarat

  • Author:
  • Janki Chotaliya1, R.S. Pundir2, Archit Kumar Nayak3,*
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 710 to 714

1Department of Agricultural Economics, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 00, Gujarat, India

2International Agri-Business Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 001, Gujarat, India

3ICAR-National Agricultural Higher Education Project, Centre of Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology, International Agri-Business Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 001, Gujarat, India

*Corresponding Author: Archit Kumar Nayak, ICAR-National Agricultural Higher Education Project, Centre of Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology, International Agri-Business Management Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 001, Gujarat, India, Email: architnayak@aau.in

Online Published on 03 June, 2025.

Abstract

Little gourd is important vegetable crop that provide a considerable amount of income to farm families in Central Gujarat. The present investigation was undertaken with the goal to study the cost and return in cultivation of little gourd in central Gujarat.

For this purpose, primary data was collected from 120 little guard farmers from three districts namely Anand, Kheda and Vadodara and categorized according to size of holding as marginal, small, medium and large farms. To arrive at conclusion the data was analyzed with cost concepts and relevant income measures.

The study found that the average per hectare cost of cultivation, gross income and net income of little gourd followed an increasing pattern from marginal to large farm sizes. The input output ratio was found decreasing as the farm size increased. The study suggested that there is enough scope of enhancing net returns through increasing the scale of operations at farm level that may be achieved by organizing small and medium farmers into producer organizations. Over and above this, the farmers should be encouraged for production of export-oriented quality to further increase the farm income.

Keywords

Cost of cultivation per hectare, Cost of production per quintal, Gross income, Input-output ratio, Net income