ECONOMICS OF POTATO PRODUCTION IN LAHAUL VALLEY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH


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Authors

  • Harbans Lal
  • K D. Sharma

Abstract

The Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh is known for the production of disease free quality seed potato in the country. This study reports the economics of potato production based upon the primary survey of 50 growers selected randomly from Lahaul valley during 2001-02. This crop was found to be most capital and labour intensive due to substantial cost incurred on seed, fertilizer and human labour. Out of the total cost of Rs. 74,461, the human labour alone accounted for around 30% followed by seed (18%). As such, the cost benefit ratio over all paid out cost was 1:2.51 while on total cost it was 1:1.03. The analysis showed that there is a lot of scope for increasing the profit from potato crop by rationalizing the use of human labour, manures and fertilizers.

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Author Biography

  • K D. Sharma
    Department of Agricultural Economics, CSK HPKV, Palampur-176 062 Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Issue

Vol. 33 No. 3 - 4 (2006)

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How to Cite

Lal, H., & Sharma, K. D. (2013). ECONOMICS OF POTATO PRODUCTION IN LAHAUL VALLEY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH. Potato Journal, 33(3 - 4). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/PotatoJ/article/view/33228