Quest for the Profitability and Sustainability of Tea And Pine Apple Plantation in Unorganized Sectors of Assam, India

Abstract

Country like India is mostly dependent upon the agriculture produce as even in the twenty-first-century agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. The main challenge for any activity is to know whether it is going to survive. This study focuses on determining the profitability and sustainability of tea and pineapple growers. Both the plantation grows well in the studied region. The researcher used a structured questionnaire for collecting data from the growers. Cost-Benefit Ratio, Profit volume, break-even point, Margin of safety, and profit is ascertained in the study. In both the plantation the results show the CBR is greater than one, which implies it is economically feasible. The total cost of planting tea in one acre of land is Rs 189505. Whereas the total cost pineapple plantation is Rs 49600. The average total revenue that planters generate from sales proceeds of tea is Rs 400925 and for pineapple is Rs 287000 from one acre of land. The tea planters are earning a net profit of Rs 211420 and pineapple planters are earning a net profit of Rs 237400. It can be said that the growers earn a fairly good sum of money. None of the pineapple growers are using any kind of fertilizer or chemicals which make them organic and healthy to consume. Both tea and pineapple Plantation can generate good revenue and are feasible investment decisions to take on, among the two pineapples is generating more revenue than tea.