Economics of sweet potato production and marketing pattern in bastar plateau of Chhattisgarh state

The study aims to examine the economics of Sweet potatoProduction andMarketing pattern which include Economics of Production,Marketing Surplus and Price Spread at different size of farms in Bastar and kanker district of bastar plateau of Chhattisgarh state. The survey for this purpose was conducted in three blocks of each Bastar and kanker district of Chhattisgarh. Primary data were collected from 300 farmers, five villages from each block was selected through personal interview method with the help of pre-structured schedule for the year 2016-17. Study revealed that the yield value of output per hectare and cost of production per quintal of Sweet potato is to be estimated asaverage cost Rs. 52709.49 per hectare. Overall on an average yield was observed 88.83 quintals per hectare. The gross return was varied from Rs. 130972.96 per hectare at marginal farms to Rs. 146957.02 per hectare at large farms. On an average the Net income was Rs. 86724.30 per hectare. Anaverage Marketed surplus of Sweet potato was 26.55 qtls/farm. The average yield was observed to be 88.83 quintals per hectare. Highest yield was found at large farms i.e. 92.47 quintals per hectare across the different farms. The marketable surplus was highest in case of large farms (66.88 Q) followed by Medium farm (21.29 Q), Small farm (14.52 Q), Marginal farm (3.50Q) and Overall (26.55 Q).Therefore the marketable surplus shows rising trend as farm size increases. The producer’s share in consumer rupee was higher in case of channel-II than in channel-I for Sweet potato. There was large number of intermediateries in the channel-I followed by channel-II. Because of it, producer’s share in consumer rupee was comparatively lower in channel-I and higher in channel-II i.e. large marketing channel reduced producer’s shares in consumer rupee is accepted.