ECONOMICS ANALYSIS OF POST HARVEST LOSSES OF KAGZI LIME IN AKOLA DISTRICT: AT FARM LEVEL

T.B. MUNDE¹*, V.K. KHOBARKAR², V.P. WAVDHANE³, R.G. DESHMUKH^4
1Department of Agriculture Economics and Statistics, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra 444104, India
²Department of Agriculture Economics and Statistics, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra 444104, India
³Department of Agriculture Economics and Statistics, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra 444104, India
⁴Department of Agriculture Economics and Statistics, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra 444104, India
* Corresponding Author : tukarammunde01@gmail.com

Received : 02-02-2019     Accepted : 12-02-2019     Published : 28-02-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 4       Pages : 7880 - 7884
Int J Agr Sci 11.4 (2019):7880-7884

Keywords : Kagzi lime, Post-harvest Physical losses, Economical losses, B-C ratio
Academic Editor : Kiranjot Kaur, Sadat Abdul
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agriculture Economics and Statistics, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra 444104, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Kagzi lime (Citrus aurantifolia) is one of the most important horticultural crops in India. It is most important fruit crop as the demand for its consumption is very high due to the nutritional and medicinal values as the fruits are rich source of vitamin “C” and acetic acid. The fruits are extensively used for squashes, pickles, syrups and cordials, manufacturing of citric acid and table purpose in daily life of Indians. In case of kagzi lime, the three blooming seasons are Mrig bahar (June-July bloom), Hasta bahar (September-October bloom) and Ambia bahar (January-February bloom). Out of which fruits of Hasta bahar fetch more prices. Using multistage sampling technique 60 farmers were selected from the three categories of the small, medium and large farmers. Here in this study, it was estimated cost and returns found that overall on an average the total cost per hectare for cultivation of kagzi lime orchard was estimated to be ₹ 110478.25. It has been observed that an overall level benefit cost ratio was worked out to 2.14. The post harvest physical and economical losses at farm level, found that the physical loss of 1.93 percent which varies from farm to farm. It can be concluded that larger is the of orchard size larger will be the output and lower will be the proportion of loss.

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