An economic study of potato cultivation towards livelihood security of farmers in nalanda district of bihar india

Abstract

ABSTRACT newlineThe goal of the current study is to estimate the economic status of potato newlinecultivation in Nalanda district of Bihar. It looks at trends in potato output and newlineproductivity, cost and return structures, price spreads in selling, and significant newlineproduction-related restrictions. The samples from ten selected villages of two blocks newlinewere chosen in Nalanda districts for the study, which was based on both primary and newlinesecondary data. This socio economic situation of potato farmers in Nalanda District newlineof Bihar, India. Nalanda district was purposively selected because this district has newlinemaximum area under potato cultivation. The required data were collected from 150 newlinerandomly selected farmers for the year 2021-22. The average size of land holding and newlinefamily size was 1.51 ha. and 5.7 respectively in the study area. Potato farmers are newlinecategorized into three different age groups i.e., Below 30 years, 30-50 year and Above newline50 years. Majority of farmers (40%) fall into 30-50 age group. Medium farmers are newlinehighest annual income as compare to small and marginal farmers. The result shows newlinethat the annual income of farmers consist of farm and non-farm sources i.e., 40% and newline60% respectively. newlineThe Nalanda district, which serves as the research area, and the state of Bihar newlineas a whole, the compound growth rates of area, production and productivity of potato newlinecrop was calculated for the various time periods in under consideration. The trend newlineanalysis shows that the growth rate in area and production was negative during newlineperiods I (2007 08 to 2011 12) and II (2017 18 to 2021 22), while the growth rate newlineof area and production was positive during periods III (2012 13 to 2016 17). There newlinewas positive trend with annual growth rates of 2.85 percent for area, 0.86 percent for newlineproduction during period III and 8.82 percent and 2.19 percent for yield during the newlineperiod of 2007-08 to 2017-18. newlineCost of cultivation of potato on the sample farms in Nalanda district of Bihar. newlineProduction is normally considered as the function of are