1Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur-313 001, India.
2Division of Dairy Economics, Statistics and Management, NDRI, Karnal-132 001, India.
The study was conducted in Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state. In total, 12 processing units were selected randomly and interviewed for the study. The findings indicated that the cost of processing per quintal of chilli was Rs. 180.06, Rs. 167.30, Rs. 234.42 for small, medium and large units, respectively. Margin of processors increases with the increase in the size of processing unit. Value addition by investment rupee as processing cost and returns to per rupee investment, also increases with the increase in the size of processing unit. All the processing units were operating above the break even quantity in the study area.
