Economics of Chickpea Production in Amravati District

A study on economics of chickpea production in Amravati district was carried out to work out per hectare cost of cultivation, gross returns and net return from the crop produce. The study was under taken in four tahsils i.e. Morshi, Daryapur, Achalpur and Chandurbazar. From each tahsils, three villages are selected and from each village ten farmers were selected for the study. In total, 120 chickpea cultivators selected for the study. All the respondents were personally interviewed using interview schedule for the year 2009–10. Simple tabular analysis was employed to accomplish the objectives of the study. The results revealed that, the overall hired human labour utilization, for chickpea was 38.43 days and for family labour it was 15.55 days. The per hectare cost of cultivation of chickpea at cost B at an overall level was worked out to Rs. 20876.31. Per hectare gross and net returns were observed highest in Daryapur tahsil, whereas net returns per hectare at cost B and cost C were observed lowest in Chandurbazar tahsil. Per quintal cost of cultivation was highest in Chandurbazar. The input-output ratio for overall size groups at cost A, cost B and cost C were 2.66, 1.24 and 1.17, respectively. The input outputs ratios calculated at cost A, cost B and cost C were greater than unity in all tahsils, indicating there by the production of chickpea was profitable.