Abstract
The study is based on the economics of cultivation and essential oil distillation of Mentha arvensis on data collected from farmers of Rudarpur/Pant Nagar area of Uttarakhand. Total cost of cultivation, gross returns and net returns were calculated as Rs. 31,937, Rs. 58,500 and Rs. 26,563 respectively. Benefit cost ratio was noted as 1.83. Similarly, these economic parameters were calculated for Wheat and Paddy crop for comparison with M. arvensis. Percentage difference in net returns of M. arvensis over net returns of Wheat and Paddy crop was calculated as; 60.25% over Wheat and 72.76% over Paddy crop. Also BCR of Mentha arvensis was more than BCR of Wheat and Paddy crop respectively.
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