Economic Analysis of Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Based Production System in Trans-Himalayas Region of Ladakh

Lakdan, Stanzin; Stanzen, Lobzang; Lay, Padma; Dorjey, Stanzin

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.703.119

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“…The cost concept was utilized to estimate the cost of growing the watermelon crop to analyses the cost of production of the watermelon crop. Similar methods were used by Lakdan and Stanzen [3], Parmar et al [4] and Paled and Guledagudda [5]. The simple tabular approach was employed for the study to examine the watermelon marketing channel and price spread.…”

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An Economic Analysis of Cost of Production and Marketing Channels of Watermelon in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, India

Vaghela,

Jadeja,

Sadadiya

et al. 2023

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The objective of the study is to analyse the production costs and marketing channels of watermelon in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, India. Owing to maximum area under cultivation in the district, Deesa, Dantiwada, and Lakhani were purposefully chosen for the study. A multistage sampling method was applied and a total of 120 watermelon farmers, 20 intermediaries, and 20 consumers were selected for data collection. The basic tabular approach and the percentage method were the statistical tools used for data analysis. To estimate the cost of cultivation of the watermelon crop, the cost concept was applied. The marketing effectiveness of the channel was examined using Shepherd's and Acharya's approaches. The watermelon cultivation required a total of 78 man days of labour, including 58 family labours and 20 hired labours. Cost A was ₹19671.95, Cost B was ₹17172.05, and Cost C1 was ₹186087.15, for a total cultivation cost (cost C2) per hectare of ₹204695.87. This resulted in the overall cost of production per quintal of ₹537.82. According to the findings, the majority of farmers (61.67%) sell to contractors, followed by retailers (22.50%) and direct customers (15.83%). It was found that channel I had the highest marketing efficiency (Shepherd's method) i.e., 33.67, followed by channel II with 9.87 and channel III with 5.97. The most effective channel in terms of marketing efficiency (Acharya's method) was channel I, with an efficiency of 33.67, followed by channels II and III with an efficiency of 1.33 and 0.76 respectively. This demonstrated that watermelon farming was profitable in the research area.

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An Economic Analysis of Cost of Production and Marketing Channels of Watermelon in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, India

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Jadeja,

Sadadiya

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“…The R/C ratio of 5.00 is higher than the R/C ratio of 2.07 in Sragen District [23], and 3.31 in Sigi district [24]. This R/C ratio is also higher than that in four provinces in Iran [25], Gombe and Bauchi States, Nigeria [21] and Ladakh, India [26]. However, the ratio is lower than that of 7,43 in Central Lombok District [22].…”

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Comparative Profitability of Melon and Watermelon Production in South Konawe District of Southeast Sulawesi

Saediman

Ode

Rianse

et al. 2020

Wseas Transactions on Business and Economics

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Melon and watermelon are two high-value crops that have been commercially cultivated recently inSoutheast Sulawesi. The objective of the study was to examine and compare the cost and returns of melon andwatermelon production. The study was conducted in Abenggi village in South Konawe district of SoutheastSulawesi. Twenty melon farmers and 20 watermelon farmers were selected as respondents. Data collection wasdone using a questionnaire-based interview method. Data and information were analyzed using cost and returnsanalysis and independent sample t-test. Results of the study revealed that both melon and watermelonproduction were profitable as indicated by their revenue-cost ratio being higher than 1. Due to small size offarming, difference in net returns per farm from melon and watermelon was not statistically significant. Perhectare net returns from melon farming were statistically significantly higher than that of watermelon farming.Net returns from either melon or watermelon farming were higher than that of many other crops in theprovince. Farmers should continue to focus on the cultivation of the crops as they can increase their income andpromote rural economy. The local government should assist the development of the two crops by ensuringavailability of farm inputs and improving provision of weather forecast results to the farmers.

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“…A study has demonstrated that the seeds pulp is utilised to thicken soups. The fermented seeds are used to make a sweetener known as "Ogiri" in the area, or they can be boiled with leaves to make "Igblo", another type of sweetener (Lakdan and Stanzen, 2017) [9] . Citrullus lanatus seeds are increasingly employed in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries in www.extensionjournal.com addition to being used for their oil (Abdu et al, 2015).…”

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Resource use efficiency analysis for watermelon production in Haryana and Karnataka

Dhillon,

Moolimane

2024

Int. J. Agric. Extension Social Dev.

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The Citrullus lanatus (Watermelon) is one of the most important fruit crop grown in tropical regions and eaten around the world. Generally, the smallholders' farmers, especially those located in remote villages are inadequately informed about technical knowledge, inputs and efficient use of resources causing poor production and low productivity. Thus, the present study aimed to examine the efficiency of resources used in watermelon production in Haryana and Karnataka. The total of 120 watermelon growing respondent farmers were selected using multi stage sampling technique from the two watermelon growing states in 2022. In Haryana, the results showed that, the estimated MVP/MFC ratio (Resource use efficiency) of different inputs used in production was revealed as positive and indicating their underutilization, except for the machine labour where it found to be negative and indicating its over-utilization. Whereas, in Karnataka the estimated MVP/MFC ratio (Resource use efficiency) of seed cost found to be negative and indicating its over-utilization. We concluded that inadequate training, exposure, knowledge gap and extension service to farmers in study sites were the reasons that farmers were using their resources inefficiently. It is recommended that the farmers involved in watermelon farming in the surveyed sites should be provided with additional proper technical knowledge for optimizing the use of resources which would help to increase the production and return from watermelon production.

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Economic Analysis of Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Based Production System in Trans-Himalayas Region of Ladakh

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An Economic Analysis of Cost of Production and Marketing Channels of Watermelon in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, India

An Economic Analysis of Cost of Production and Marketing Channels of Watermelon in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, India

Comparative Profitability of Melon and Watermelon Production in South Konawe District of Southeast Sulawesi

Resource use efficiency analysis for watermelon production in Haryana and Karnataka

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