Year: 2025 | Month: September | Volume 70 | Issue 3

An Economic Analysis of Costs & Returns of Blackgram Cultivation in Bundi District of Rajasthan

Vijay Gurjar1 Sonu Jain1* Sheela Kharkwal1 P.S. Shekhawat Shivraj Kumawat Manoj Kumar Sharma Arun Pratap Singh
DOI:10.46852/0424-2513.3.2025.17

Abstract:

Blackgram is a valued crop and provides nutritious food for an expanding world population and will become increasingly important with climate change. High content of lysine makes it as an excellent complement to other food grains in terms of balanced nutrition. In Rajasthan, blackgram crop has an area of 2.96 lakh ha with 1.49 lakh tonnes production and productivity of 505 kg/ha during 2023-24. A sample of 100 black gram growers was taken randomly from each size group in proportion to the total number of growers in each size group i.e. small, semi-medium, medium and large size group. Primary data were collected for agricultural year of kharif season 2023 and analyzed through CACP Cost concepts, various techniques and tools and Garrett’s technique for drawing relevant conclusions. The results revealed that, on an average, total cost of cultivation of blackgram was ` 28971.05 per hectare. It was highest i.e. ` 29646.25 per hectare on small farm and lowest i.e. ` 28343.84 per hectare on large farm size. Overall gross returns, net returns, farm business income and family labour income were ` 58421.25,  ` 29450.20, ` 42942.91 and ` 31833.74 per hectare. Cost of production per quintal was highest (` 4296.56) for small farm and lowest for large farm (` 3414.92) with an overall average of ` 3847.52 per quintal. On an average, return per rupees was ` 2.02.

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