Cost and Profitability of Wheat in the Major Wheat Producing States of India


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Author: Ankita Sahu , Prasanna Kolar , Sunil Nahatkar and Gourav Kumar Vani

Author Address: Research Scholar, Professor, and Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004 (Madhya Pradesh) and Assistant Professor, Department 2 of Agricultural Economics, Kon

Keywords: Break-even yield (BEY), cost, productivity, profitability.

JEL Codes: D23, D24, O11, O13


Abstract

Wheat is the second most important cereal crop in India. The present study examined the cost and profitability of wheat. The result found that bullock labour was substituted by machines. Madhya Pradesh showed the highest and positive, highly significant growth rate and lowest by the Punjab state for all the costs. Madhya Pradesh showed the lowest cost of cultivation compared to other states, revealing wheat production in the state was more cost-effective as compared to other states. Break even analysis showed all the five wheat-producing states were operating in the profit zone but break-even yield widened in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, it means profitability was increasing in these states.


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Indian Journal of Economics and Development
Volume 17 No. 4, 2021, 786-796

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED/20300
NAAS Score: 5.15
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