Vol. 10, Special Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Cheruku Saipriya and Mukesh K Maurya

Abstract:
The research entitled “An economic analysis of production and marketing of paddy (Oryza sativa) in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana” with a sample size of 120 respondents who was chosen through stratified sampling. The farmers were categorized as marginal, small and medium, large size group of the basis of the size of the farms each farmer had. Survey was conducted by personal interview method with use of pre - structured schedule questionnaire. After the analysis of the data, it was found that paddy cultivation was profitable at all categories of farm. The total costs of cultivation & gross income per hectare was positively related with size of farms and was negatively related to trend of net income. By the study it can be concluded that according to the farm size of the farmers resources were not efficiently used in Paddy cultivation. Technical, managerial & financial problem were also noticed as major constraints.