Production, marketing and price of bottle gourd on contract and non-contract farms in the Jaipur District of Rajasthan

The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the effect of contract farming on the production, marketing and price under contract and non-contract farming of bottle gourd. The ROCL Ltd. was selected which was engaged in the contract farming related to cucurbits and other vegetables. For this study,30 contract and 20 non-contract farmers were selected randomly. The study was based on primary data for the agricultural year 2015-16.The contract farmers and ROCL Ltd. sold bottle gourd production to the retailers by using auction method with the help of Wholesaler-cumcommission agent. Contrary to this, the non-contract farmers adopted two channels for sale of bottle gourd. The total marketing cost in selling of bottle gourd was Rs. 225.04 per quintal in channel-II. In channel-I (Producer → Consumer), there was no marketing cost. In case of contract farmers and ROCL Ltd. it amounted Rs. 265.99 per quintal and Rs. 284.94 per quintal, respectively. Among the various functionaries, retailers got the highest margin of profit.