TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sandhya M Das 
AU  - Indira Devi P (Guide)
TI  - Economics Of Vegetable Seed Production In chittur Taluk Of Palakkad District
U1  - 630.33 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Vellanikkara
PB  - Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Horticulture
N2  - The present study on "Economics of vegetable seed production in 
Chittur Taluk of Pa1akkad District" was conducted with the specific objective of 
evaluating its economics and identifying the problems. The study was undertaken 
during March-May 2000, and the data pertains to the year 1999. 
The production details of ten most important crops m the area 
(amaranthus, cucumber, chilli, bittergourd, okra, cowpea, pumpkin, snakegourd, 
ashgourd and brinjaJ) were gathered from the whole population of seed growers in 
the area by personal interview method using a pretested, structured questionnaire. 
The cost of cultivation (cost C1) ranged from the lowest Rs.29,514.95 in 
amaranthus to Rs.69,837.74 for chillies. Like in the case of most of the 
annual/seasonal crops in Kerala the major item of expenditure was human labour 
in all the crops except in amaranthus, pumpkin and ashgourd where it was manures 
and manuring. Manuring was proved to be the most expensive operation. While 
gross income realised was highest in chillies (Rs.l ,40,485.26) and lowest in okra 
(Rs.47,494.90) the cost of production was highest for snakegourd (Rs.23 1.68) and 
lowest for okra (Rs.61.17). 
Benefit cost ratio at cost C3 was found to be greater than one in all the 
crops studied. Amaranthus and cucumber seed production proved to be financially 
the most efficient enterprise. 
The germination tests conducted using the vegetable seed samples 
collected from the respondents revealed that all the samples conformed to the 
prescribed germination standards except in the case of pumpkin, ashgourd and 
brinjal. 
The major constraints experienced by the vegetable seed growers were 
also identified. 


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