ISHS Acta Horticulturae 203: IX Symposium on Horticultural Economics, XXII IHC
INVESTMENT PATTERN OF INCREASED INCOME OF VEGETABLE GROWERS IN NORTH INDIAN HILLS |
| Author: | S. Gupta |
| Abstract:
Vegetables, contribute to more than 70% in total income of the growers of villages around Solan. The income on large farms was found to be 3.5 and 1.7 times higher as compared to small and medium sized farms. Net income was also more on large farms. The main expenditure on inputs on these farms was on hired human and bullock labour, seeds, manure and fertilizers but the major share of 48 per cent was on hired labour alone. The cost of production per unit area was lower on large sized farms and this made this economically more efficient. Increased income on large farms was spent on education which helped them in augmenting their income from nonfarm sources. In other categories it was on consumable articles. Small farms invested more on land purchase whereas other categories invested more on inputs and improvement of land quality by adopting land development measures. In case of large farms, education, income and borrowing was higher and these were thus in an advantageous position with regard to investment. | |
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