Benefit-cost analysis of paddy production in Auraiya district western U.P.
International Journal of Development Research
Benefit-cost analysis of paddy production in Auraiya district western U.P.
Received 06th September, 2017; Received in revised form 29th October, 2017; Accepted 09th November, 2017; Published online 30th December, 2017
Copyright © 2017, Swatantr Pratap Singh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The study was conducted in district Auraiya during 2014-15 to benefit cost analysis of per hac paddy production. Primary data was collected through structured questionnaire. Ten villages from three tehsil namely Auraiya, Bidhuna and Ajitmal were randomly selected. A sample size of 100 farmers was used and the respondents were randomly selected. Overall cropping intensity was ranged 277.03-298.85 among farm categories. Per hectare cost of paddy cultivation was observed Rs. 44429.94 whereas; gross income and net income were recorded Rs. 63990.82 and 12126.98, respectively. Benefit-Cost ratio of paddy was estimated i.e. 1:1.30.
