Cost and Returns Analysis of Sugarcane Production in Baghpat District of Western Uttar Pradesh, India
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(1): 733-739 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 1 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.901.080 Cost and Returns Analysis of Sugarcane Production in Baghpat district of Western Uttar Pradesh, India Lalit Kumar Verma* and Arun Solanki Department of Agricultural Economics, J.V. College Baraut, Baghpat, -250611 (U.P.), India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT The Present Study deals with the cost and return of sugarcane in the Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh state. The district is purposely selected for K e yw or ds this study because these district main commercial activities of the people Sugarcane, Cost of living in this region are making and selling Gur and Khandsari Sugar, cultivation, Gross which is an agro-based industry. It was conducted in Baraut and Chhaprauli return, Net return, blocks in the district. The primary data were collected for the year 2016- Input output ratio 2017. Primary data were collected from the sample respondents by Article Info conducting personal interview and pretested schedule. 80 farmers were Accepted: selected randomly from two blocks out of which, marginal (23), small (36), 15 December 2019 medium (12) and large (09). The overall cost of cultivation of sugarcane Available Online: was found to be Rs 87491.30 per hectare and cost of production was Rs 20 January 2020 105.70 per quintal of sugarcane. The yield of sugarcane was 831.23 q/ha in sample farms. The input output ratio over total cost was noticed to be 1:2.56. Introduction civilization and is as old as agriculture. The importance and use of sugarcane and sugar in Sugarcane is an important commercial crop of the country’s socio-economic milieu is deep the world and the cultivation of sugarcane, in rooted and immense. In the current day rural India dates back to Pre-Vedic period (2000 economy set up sugarcane cultivation and B.C.). India is one of the principal centers of sugar industry has been focal point for the origin of the sugarcane. Sugarcane is socioeconomic development in rural areas by grown in diversified climatic condition i.e. mobilizing rural resources, generating tropical and sub-tropical. Sugarcane employment and higher income, transport and cultivation and development of sugar industry communication facilities. runs parallel to the growth of human 733 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(1): 733-739 Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is an important Materials and Methods commercial crop in India and plays a pivotal role in agricultural and industrial economy of The present study pertains to Baghpat district our country. Sugarcane is an important of Western Uttar Pradesh. A list of the entire commercial crop of the world and more than villages was obtained from the block head 100 Countries produce sugar, at present quarters of each selected block and two Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, India and Thailand are villages from each list was selected randomly, the leading producers of sugarcane. Currently Baoli, Malakpur village from Baraut Block 69 per cent of the world’s sugar is consumed and Kakadipur, Basoli village from in the country of region. Globally, sugarcane Chhaprauli Block of Baghpat district for the is cultivated over an area of 20.10 million study purpose therefore having highest area hectares with a production of 1,318.10 million under sugarcane crops cultivation. From the tones and productivity of 65.5 tonnes per selected villages, random samples of 20 hectare. Sugarcane area and productivity respondents from each village were selected. differ widely from country to country. Brazil Finally, samples of 80 farmers were selected has the highest area (5.34 million hectares) for the present study. Then, selected farmers while Australia has the highest productivity were divided into four categories i.e. 23 (85.1 tonnes per hectare) India ranks second marginal farmer (having land up to one among the sugarcane growing countries of the hectare), 36 small farmer (1-2 hectare), 12 world in the both area and production after medium farmer (2-4 hectare) and 09 Large Brazil with an area under sugarcane farmer (4-hetare to above), based upon their cultivation of 4.94 million hectares with an operational size of land holding by using average yield is 68.6 tons per hectare.1 standard classification given by Department Among different states of the country, Uttar of Land Resources, Government of India. The Pradesh occupies first place in area (22.34 primary data were collected for the year 2016- lakhs hectare) and production 1623.38 lakhs 17. Primary data were collected from the million tons (2016-17) but in terms of stratified sample respondents by conducting productivity it ranks seventh.22 Baghpat personal interview and pretested schedule. district of Sugarcane area 76387 thousand Collected data were tabulated according to hectare and production 5718.88 million tons need and purpose of study. Simple tabular (2016-17).2 analysis was made. To workout economics of sugarcane production, different cost concept Sugarcane is an intensive input utilization and such as cost 'A', cost 'B' and cost 'C' were varies from region to region and farmer to used. farmer. Input price is continuously increased. Besides that farmers are facing the problem of Cost A1 = All actual expenses in cash and input availability at proper time, inadequate kind incurred in production by the producer. quantity and with time taking marketing The items covered in costs on: process of the cane untimely and late payment of the produce by the sugar mills. i) Hired human labour, ii) Hired bullock labour, iii) Owned bullock labour, iv) Home Keeping in view the above discussion and produced/purchased seed, v) Plant protection importance of the sugarcane cultivation, the chemicals, vi) Home produced/purchased present study was an attempt to study the manure, vii) Fertilizers, viii) Depreciation on economics of cost and return of sugarcane farm machinery, equipment and farm production in the study area. building, ix) Irrigation, x) Land revenue, land 734 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(1): 733-739 development tax and other taxes, xi) Interest cent followed by total material cost 33.01 per on working capital, xii) Interest on crop loan cent, cost of total power used was observed to and xiii) Miscellaneous expenses. be 7.59 per cent and interest on working capital was 4.31 per cent, respectively. In Cost A2 = Cost A1 + Rent paid for leased-in materials cost, the share of seed was 17.11 per land cent and fertilizer 11.36 per cent was noticed to be the major cost. While in human labour Cost B1 = Cost A1 + Interest on value of cost, the share of hired labour cost being owned capital assets (excluding land) 21.02 per cent was comparatively more than that of family labour cost 19.18 per cent. The Cost B2 = Cost B1 + Rental value of owned share of machine power 5.60 per cent was land (net of land revenue) and rent paid for more than that of bullock power 1.99 per cent. leased-in land In total fixed cost, the rental value of land in Baghpat district was Rs 12000 per hectare and Cost C1 = Cost B1 + Imputed value of family Rs 25.00 was paid as land revenue. The total labour fixed cost was comparatively more than the interest on working capital. The total cost of Cost C2 = Cost B2 + Imputed vale of family cultivation of sugarcane was increasing with labour respect to farm size of holdings and was found to be maximum under large farms Rs Cost C3 = Cost C2 + 10 per cent Cost C2 92899.07 per hectare and minimum in marginal farm Rs 73661.04 per hectare. It is Income over different cost important to note that total variable cost was increasing with respect to the farm size. Thus, Income over cost A1 = Output – Cost A1 it could be concluded that total cost of Income over cost A2 = Output – Cost A2 cultivation was increasing with respect to Income over cost B1 = Output – Cost B1 farm size holding due to bigger farmers could Income over cost B2 = Output – Cost B2 incurred more expenditure on the material Income over cost C1 = Output – Cost C1 inputs. Income over cost C2 = Output – Cost C2 Income over cost C3 = Output – Cost C3 Measures of farm profit in sugarcane Results and Discussion Table 1.2 shows the measures of farm profit in sugarcane has been understand by Cost of cultivation of sugarcane considering the economic parameters viz; yield of sugarcane, cost of cultivation, gross Table 1.1 shows cost of cultivation of return, net return, cost of production, and sugarcane per hectare, it reveals that input-output ratio, which is presented in Table irrespective to the farm size of holdings, the 1.2 It has been observed from empirical total cost of cultivation of sugarcane of findings that net return over total cost of sample farms was Rs 87491.30 per hectare in cultivation of sugarcane was Rs 136941.07 which the share of total variable cost was per hectare, irrespective to the farm size 85.11 per cent followed by total fixed cost holding and it varying from Rs 109007.50 to which was found to be 14.82 per cent. In total Rs 147873.43 per hectare for marginal to variable cost the shares was found to be large farms size. maximum in human labour cost 40.20 per 735 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(1): 733-739 Table.1 Costs of cultivation of sugarcane under different farm size (Rs/ha) Particular Marginal Small Medium Large Overall a.