Constraints of production and suggest suitable policy measures of cauliflower grower on sample farms in Varanasi District of Eastern U.P
Author(s):
Rajeev Kumar, Rajeev Sigh, GP Singh, Rajneesh Singh and Maneesh Kumar Singh
Abstract:
Keeping in view the importance of the vegetable crops in nutritional security and generating the income and employment to the farm population a study on economics of cauliflower cultivation in Chiraigaon block of Varanasi district of U.P. was conducted in agriculture year 2016-2017. Stratified purposive cum random sampling technique was applied to select the sample respondents primary data were collected through interview method. Tabular and function analysis was done to present the result. Cauliflower cultivation was found profitable on each size group of farms and it was characterized of decreasing returns to scale as sum of elasticity were less than one in all categories of farms. Value of multiple coefficient of determination (R2) shows 93.65, 80.67 and 95.87 per cent variation in output due to all included input factors in study. MVP of all the input factors in every farms size except few were more than one which showed the further possibility of increased expenditure to receive additional profit.
How to cite this article:
Rajeev Kumar, Rajeev Sigh, GP Singh, Rajneesh Singh, Maneesh Kumar Singh. Constraints of production and suggest suitable policy measures of cauliflower grower on sample farms in Varanasi District of Eastern U.P. Pharma Innovation 2017;6(12):365-367.