Economic benefit of complete mechanization of groundnut cultivation

Abstract

Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) is the one of the most important oilseed crops in Telangana usually grown during rabi season. The study of the area and productivity of groundnut in Telangana over the years indicated that despite the increase in the productivity of groundnut, the area under groundnut is considerably going down due to various production constraints particularly mechanization. In an attempt to understand the effect of mechanization this study was taken up during rabi, 2015. The results of revealed that mechanization has reduced the cost of cultivation of groundnut/acre by Rs. 4100/-/acre (20.6%) as compared with the farmer’s method of cultivation. Thus 20.6 % decrease in the cost of cultivation will proportionately increase the net profits and the Benefit cost ratio of groundnut cultivation.