Abstract
Tur is the most important Kharif pulse crop of northern Karnataka. Over the years, the farming community is shifting to cultivation of cash crops due to higher profitability leading to decrease in acreage under pulse crops in general and Tur in particular. The current study was carried out in Vijayapur and Bagalakote districts of north Karnataka to analyze the profitability in Tur cultivation and to document various constraints faced by the Tur growers in the study area. The data pertained to the agricultural year 2014-15. The yield per ha of Tur crop in was 15.08 quintals. The average price received by the sample farmers per quintal of Tur was Rs 5825.50. The total cost of cultivation was Rs 60260.37. The net returns per hectare of Tur cultivation was found to be Rs 27588.17, leading to an undiscounted benefit to cost ratio (Profitability ratio) of 1.45. The sample
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