Economics of production and marketing of coconut in central region of Kerala (Record no. 26702)
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| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 630.33 |
| Item number | SAN/EC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Santhosh Narayan |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Economics of production and marketing of coconut in central region of Kerala |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Vellanikkara |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Horticulture |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2001 |
| 502 ## - DISSERTATION NOTE | |
| Degree type | MSc |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This study entitled "Economics! of production and marketing of <br/>, <br/>coconut in central region of Kerala" was conducted in the Ernakulam, Thrissur <br/>and Palakkaddistricts of central region of Kerala. The objectives were to <br/>estimate cost of production of coconut, to study the marketing details of the <br/>sample farmers and the general problems encountered by the coconut growers. <br/>Multistage random sampling technique was adopted. A total sample <br/>of 216 farmers was selected having palms of different age groups. The groups <br/>based on age were, farmers having-one year old, 2 to 3 year old, 4 to 7 year old, <br/>8 to 14 year old, 15 to 40 years old and greater than 40 years old coconut <br/>gardens. Two farmers each from the first four categories and five farmers each <br/>from the last four categories were selected for the study. <br/>Most of the farmers procured seedlings from their own farm. All the <br/>ssample farmers were found to apply organic manure in their farms. <br/>Considering the nutrients N,P,K together, it was observed that the nutrient <br/>application was lower than the recommendation of Package of Practices of <br/>Kerala Agricultural University. Husk burial was a very rare practice in the <br/>study area. <br/>The cost of establishment of coconut for seven years was worked out <br/>to Rs.l4126.32 for C-I (one year old), Rs. 13436.35 for C-II (2 to 3 years old) <br/>and Rs. 14432.99 for C-III (4 to 7 years old) for one hectare of coconut garden. <br/>On an aggregate cost of maintenance for yielding categories was worked out to <br/>Rs. 18896.74 per hectare. The cost of maintenance worked out for C-IV (8 to <br/>14 years old) was Rs. 19058.82, for C-V (15 to 40 years old) Rs. 19599.24 and <br/>for C- VI (greater than 40 years old) Rs. 17811.84 per hectare. Labour <br/>utilization pattern showed that more hired labour (60.64%) was used compared <br/>to family labour (39.36%) in the coconut gardens of central region of Kerala. <br/> <br/>On an aggregate, productivity of 52.68 nuts per palm per year was estimated in <br/>the central region. <br/>The cost of production was worked to Rs.3.54 per nut for the central <br/>region of Kerala. Capital productivity analysis revealed a pay back period of 13 <br/>years, net present value of Rs. 1946.38 at 14 per cent opportunity cost of <br/>capital. Benefit cost ratio was just 1.02 while internal rate of return (14.29%) <br/>was just above the opportunity cost of capital. The project worth measures <br/>indicate a bankable project. But the project worth measures are just above the <br/>critical decision level and hence are very much sensitive even to a slight fall in <br/>returns or spurt in cost of the farmers indicating that coconut cultivation as such <br/>is not a much promising _enterprise. <br/>Majority of the farmers was selling unhusked nuts constituting 51.40 <br/>per cent of the total sample farmers. The major marketing channel identified <br/>was producer-copra maker-oil miller-wholesaler-retailer-consumer. The share <br/>of producer in consumers' rupee came to 60.58 per cent. Price spread was <br/>estimated as 39.42 per cent of consumers' rupee. <br/>The main constraints ranked by the farmers in the study region is <br/>that of low and abnormally fluctuating market price of coconut followed by <br/>pest and disease incidence. Mainly ignorance of the recommended practices and <br/>their advantages as well' as inherited time tested knowledge that made farmer <br/>understand the best method for their particular region resulted in incomplete <br/>adoption or non adoption of the recommended scientific practices by the Kerala <br/>Agricultural University. The need of the day is to implement new ideas and <br/>concepts in the cultivation to marketing and processing aspects, which will be <br/>cost effective, competitive and viable in this era of stiff competition of products <br/>and its substitutes. <br/><br/> |
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| Personal name | Latha Bastine C (Guide) |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810104527">http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810104527</a> |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | KAU Central Library, Thrissur | KAU Central Library, Thrissur | Theses | 18/03/2014 | 630.33 SAN/EC | 171761 | 18/03/2014 | 18/03/2014 | Theses |