Economic Analysis of Mustard Cultivation in Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

The study was conducted in the year 2020-21 on “Economic Analysis of Mustard cultivation in Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh” with a sample of 60 mustard growers. Suitable statistical tools were employed to meet the objectives. Major socio-economic factors identified were family size, size of holding, education level, income level, cropping pattern and farm assets. The condition of large farmers found better than other category of farmers because of greater land holding, higher qualification, more assets and more number of income source, than that of medium following by small and marginal. It revealed that per hectare cost of cultivation of mustard for marginal, small, medium and large farms groups were Rs. 52270.00, Rs. 53092.87, Rs. 52928.02 and Rs. 52002.76 respectively. Overall farm size groups, the cost of cultivation was Rs. 52492.04/ha. Cost A1 and Cost A2 were same among all size of farm because there was no leased in land activity in the study area. Cost A1 /A2 and Cost B1 were higher on medium farms (Rs.21300.22 /ha) followed by large (Rs. 21266.75 /ha), small farms (Rs. 18491.92/ha) and marginal farms (Rs. 17927.80/ha) respectively. But Cost B2 were accounted more in case of large (Rs. 44413.91/ha) followed by medium (Rs. 44285.59/ha), small (Rs. 41315.50/ha) and marginal (Rs. 40589.59/ha). Per hectare Cost C1, Cost C2 and Cost C3 had gradually declined as the size of farm increases. Gross returns per hectare accounted to be Rs. 70949.33, 72218.15, 71470.89 and 70910.33 on marginal, small, medium and large farms, respectively. The net profit per hectare of mustard production on respective categories was Rs. 18679.33, 19125.28, 18542.87 and 18907.57. The net profit per hectare for small farms was greater than large, medium, and marginal farms. It was observed from the study that benefit cost ratio was highest (1.36) under the small and large size farms followed by marginal and medium (1.35 and 1.35). Overall benefit cost ratio observed to be 1.35. It indicated that on per rupee investment return is 1.35 rupee. Three marketing channels were identified in the marketing of mustard in the study area. Channel-1 (Producer – Village trader – Wholesaler – Processor) , Channel II (Producer – Wholesaler – Processor) and followed by Channel-III (Producer – processor). Producer's share in consumer's rupee was found to be 93.40, 94.31 and 98.91, in channel - I, channel -II and channel - Ill, respectively. Costly HYV seeds and lack of disease resistance varieties were the major problems faced by the mustard growers in production of mustard whereas lack of government purchase centers and insufficient knowledge of marketing were the major problems faced by mustard growers in marketing of mustard.