Cost and Profitability of Wheat in the Major Wheat Producing States of India
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Author: Ankita Sahu , Prasanna Kolar , Sunil Nahatkar and Gourav Kumar Vani
Author Address: Research Scholar, Professor, and Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004 (Madhya Pradesh) and Assistant Professor, Department 2 of Agricultural Economics, Kon
Keywords: Break-even yield (BEY), cost, productivity, profitability.
JEL Codes: D23, D24, O11, O13
Abstract
Wheat is the second most important cereal crop
in India. The present study examined the cost and profitability of wheat. The
result found that bullock labour was substituted by machines. Madhya Pradesh
showed the highest and positive, highly significant growth rate and lowest by
the Punjab state for all the costs. Madhya Pradesh showed the lowest cost of
cultivation compared to other states, revealing wheat production in the state
was more cost-effective as compared to other states. Break even analysis showed
all the five wheat-producing states were operating in the profit zone but
break-even yield widened in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, it means profitability
was increasing in these states.
Description
Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 17 No. 4, 2021, 786-796
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/20300
NAAS Score: 5.15
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