Cost benefit analysis of tomato production in protected and open farm

Vegetable production in poly house can reduce the amount of water and chemicals used in production and also produce bumper production of vegetables compared to open field conditions. An attempt has been made in the study to examine the comparison of economic benefits to farmers for production of tomato in poly house and open farm. The present study was based on primary as well as secondary data. Equal number of farmers (for both poly house and open farm) has been interviewed with the help of pre-tested structured questionnaire. The study concludes that the production cost and production were higher in poly house as compare to open farm. Moreover, the production of tomato was more than three times in poly house as compare to open farm. Moreover the market price of tomato that produces in poly house was higher than the tomato produce in open farm. In long run poly house seems more economic as poly house production earn more than ten time benefit to the farmers as compare to open farm farmers. There were some significant limitations also in poly house farming.