Economic analysis of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) under protected cultivation in Maharashtra

PRAKASH  P; PRAMOD  KUMAR; AMIT  KAR; AWANI  KUMAR SINGH; PANBUKKANI

doi:10.56093/ijas.v92i4.123966

Authors

PRAKASH P ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
PRAMOD KUMAR
AMIT KAR
AWANI KUMAR SINGH
PANBUKKANI ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v92i4.123966

Keywords:

Conjoint analysis, Economics, Feasibility, Marketing channel, Polyhouse cultivation, Price spread

Abstract

Protected cultivation of high-value crops offers higher productivity which in turn increases the profitability of the farm. There are a number of schemes and programs for the promotion and development of protected cultivation in India. Maharashtra is one of the states which have successfully adopted protected cultivation. Thus, the present study estimated the profitability of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) cultivation, its feasibility with and without government subsidy support and assessed price spread in marketing in Pune and Nasik districts of Maharashtra during 2018–19. Establishment cost of carnation under polyhouse was very high (`12.99 lakh for 0.1 ha) but offered higher net income (`2.22 lakh/year for 0.1 ha). Feasibility analysis in both cases: with and without subsidy for carnation cultivation is observed to be sustainable and viable. But with subsidy support, it is highly remunerative and profitable
to farmers. Farmers have followed two types of marketing channels which consisted of aggregators but if we compare producer share in consumer rupee it is higher for channel I (64%) than channel II (60%). The result indicates that with subsidy support, the payback period of their investment in protected cultivation was reduced and return increased which could support higher adoption of protected cultivation among other farmers.

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