Economics of marketing and processing of aonla in district Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

The study was carried out in Sadar block of district Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh with 30 aonla growers (8 marginal, 6 small, and 16 big respondents) selected randomly with six villages of the selected block. The over all plantation cost of one hectare aonla was worked out of Rs.47000. The cost of gestation period was calculated as Rs.78876.60 for six years of gestation period. An average cost of aonla production per hectare came to Rs.27386.02. The highest cost intake of 6-12 years for an orchard was worked out as Rs.33272.08/ha, while the lowest cost was observed in 24 years in an above aged orchard as Rs.23836.00/ha. The input-output analysis shows that aonla crop fetched on average 5.45 times more return on investment of Rs. 1. Problems of insect-pest and diseases, lack of plant protection measures, and lack of skilled human resource at peak season was observed as the main constraints in the study area.