economics of production and marketing of tomato in chittoor district of andhra pradesh master of

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ECONOMICS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING
OF TOMATO IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF
ANDHRA PRADESH
THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE
ANDHRA PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
IN PART FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE A WARD OF THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICUL JURE
(AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS)
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T. SRIDHAR REDDY, B.Sc. (Ag.)
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
SRI VENKATESWARA AGRICUlTURAL COLLEGE
ANDHRA PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
T I R U P AT I - 517502
JULY 1988
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CERTIFICATE
Sri T. SRIDHAR REDDY has satisfactorily prosecuted
the course of research and that the thesis entitled 11ECONOMICS
OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT OF
~OMATO
ANDHRA PRADESH" submitted is the result of original research
work and is of sufficiently high standard to warrent its
presentation to the examination. I also certify that the
thesis or part thereof has not been previously submitted
by him for a degree of any University.
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(Dr.T.CHANDRA7 ' REDDY)
Major Adviser
Assistant Research Officer
Cost of Cultivation Scheme
Dept. of Agrl. Economics
s.v.Agrl. College
Tirupati.
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the thesis entitled
"ECONOMICS OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF TOMATO IN OUTTOOR
DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH" submitted in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
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AGRICULTURE of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University,
Hyderabad, is a record of the bonafide research work carried
out by Sri T.SRIDHAR REDDY under my guidance and supervision.
The subject of the thesis has been approved by the student's
advisory
committe~.
No part of the thesis has been submitted for any
other degree or diploma or has been published. Published
part has been fully acknowledged. All the assistance and
help received during the course of the investigation have
been duly acknowledged by him.
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(Dr.T.~AND ~~DDY)
Chairman of the Advisory Committee
Assistant Research Officer
Cost of Cultivation
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Dept. of Agrl •.E conomics
s.v.Agrl. College
Tirupati.
Thesis approved by the student advisory committee
Chairman : (Dr.T.OiANDRA REDDY) 1· t-'--'2...-~faSt3 SJ>.
Assistant Research Officer
Cost of Cultivation Scheme
Dept. of .Agrl. Economics
Member : (Dr.A.NAGESWARA RAO)
Professor and Head
Dept. of Agrl. Economics
Member : (Dr.P.KRISHNA PRASAD) ~-&...:@05 Ore-~ C-2--.?{.
Horticulturist
Citrus Improvement Project
Member : (Sri S •. ISMAIL)
A-ss_istant Professor
. Department of Statist-ics
and Mathematics.
CONTENTS
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II REVIEW OF LITERATURE
III METHODOLOGY •••
IV RESULTS AND DISCUSSION •••
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
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LITERATURE CITED • • •
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LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure Page
Title
number Number
A Map of Chit toor District
B Map of Madanapalli Mandal
1 Human labour utilisation
operation wise
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2 Bullock labour utilisation -
operation wise
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3 Cost of cultivation of tomato -
component wise ·
4 Structure of cost concepts
5 Farm business measures
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6 Price spread of· tomatoes
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LIST OF TABLES
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Table Page
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1 Population statistics of the District
2 Area under different soils
3 Land utilisation pattern of Chittoor
District (1984-85)
4 Irrigation sources in Chittoor District
(1984-85}
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5 Month wise rainfall of Chittoor District
(1986}
6 Land utilisation pattern of Madanapalli
mandal (1985-86}
1· Sources of irrigation in Madanapalli
mandal
8 Ar:a under different crops· in Madanapalli
mandal (1984-85)
9 Month wise rainfall of Madanapalli
mandal (1987) ·
10 Family particulars of the selected farms
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11 Average size of holding
12 Farm asset structure
13 Human labour utilisation - operation wise
14 Human labour cost - operation ·wise
15 Bullock labour .utilisation - operation
wise
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16 Bullock labour cost - operation wise
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Table Page
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17 Cost of material inputs
18 Cost of cultivation of tomato -
component wise
19 Unit cost of production of tomato
20 Cost concepts in tomato production
21 Measures of farm income
22 Production elasticities of the
input factors
23 of marginal value
Compari~~n
products of resources with their
costs
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24 Costs incurred by producer in
tomato marketing
25 Price spread of tomatoes
26 Costs incurred by Commission agents
27 Problems associated in production and
marketing of tomatoes (opinion survey)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I my deep sense of gratitude and
e~press
intrinsic affection to Dr. T. Chandra Reddy, Assistant
Research Officer, cost of cultivation Scheme, Department
of Agricultural Economics, S.V. Agricultural college,
Ti.rupati, for suggesting the problem, inspi.ring and
encouraging guidance, constructive and help
criticis~
during the progress of the research "WOrk and in prepa
ration of the thesis and also for serving as Chairman of
my advisory committee.
I am greatly indebted to Dr·A· Nageswara Rao,
Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics,
s.v.
Agricultural college, Tirupati for offering valuable
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suggestions and encouragement the 'course of m¥
dur~ng
research wor'k. The care and kindness that he had shown
throughout the period of my study at this college
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unparallel.
I extend my thanks to Dr.P.Krishna
sincer~
Prasad, Horticulturist, Citrus Improvement Project, Tirupati
and Sri s. Ismail, Assistant Professor, Department of
Statistics and Mathematics, S.V. Agricultural College,
Ti.rupati for their constant' advice throughout the present
investigation and finalisation of the thesis.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to
Sri T.V. Neelakanta Sastry, Assi'stant Professor,
Sri M.S.Machi Raju, Assistant Professor, Sri D.S.Prasad,
Assistant Professor and Sri K. Gopinatha Reddy, Assistant
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics for their
constant advice during the period of study and in the
preparation of the thesis.
Grateful acknowledgements are .due to Dr. venkatram,
Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics,
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore for giving
permission for computer analysis .and to Dr. Lalith,
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics,
University of Agricultural .Sciences, Bangalore, for his
keen interest and guidence for computer·analys;s and in
the preparation of the thesis.
My heartfelt thanks are due to Mr.Ravisekhar
and Mr. Amara for their kind co-operation during my stay
at Madanapalli for data collection.
I specially ackno.wledge the co-operation extended
by all the farmers, for having patiently provided the
required basic information for this investigation.
I express my regards and love to my parents,
sisters and brother-in-laws,. whos-.e best wishes are a
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source of· encouragement and inspiration to me.
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My profound thanks are due to my friends Ganapathi,
Sr eenu, Ramana, Bhaskar, Madduleti, Mohan, Narsoji, Subbaiah,
Anil, Omkar, Mahesh, Seshi and to my departmentmate and
friend Jagadish along with my seniors sowrappa, Narasihma
Prasad, Sreedhar, DGsthagiri, Meenakshi and to my juniors
Bash'a, Hampaiah, Chakravarthi, sreedevi and
Scn~Pvulla,
Lakshmi Bai, without whose co-operation, this work have
been not accomplished. My are due to all my friends
t~ankS
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and well wishers who did render their advises and help during
the course of my study.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to
Sri N. Shanmugam, Principal, Sri Balaji Technical Institute;
for their painful and neat execution in typing of the
thesis.
Finally, the financial support in the form of
stipend extended by the Government of Andhra Pradesh is
duly appreciated and acknowledged.
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( T. SRIDHAR REDDY )