An Economic Analysis of Sweet Corn (Zea mays L.) Cultivation in Sonepat District of Haryana

Author: Raj Ratan Panday, Parminder Singh, Dalip Kumar Bishnoi, Sagar Rawal and Ashok Dhillon

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Abstract

The present study was conducted in order to estimate the costs and returns in sweet corn production and to identify the constraints in it. The selection of Sonepat was done based on highest acreage under sweet corn in Haryana. The data was collected from the farmers based on pre-structured interview schedule using face-to-face interview method. A sample of 80 farmers were taken using multi-stage purposive-cum random sampling technique in which 20 farmers each from four villages of Rai block was selected based on highest area under the crop. Total cost of cultivation was found to be ₹ 53731.52 acre-1 and yield was 64.13 quintal acre-1 for all categories of farm on an average while gross returns were ₹ 99466.61 acre-1 and net returns were ₹ 45735.08 acre-1. Small farmers had highest cost of cultivation i.e., ₹ 54411.63 acre-1 followed by marginal, medium while least in case of large farmers. Medium farmers had highest return i.e., ₹ 102418.97 acre-1 followed by large, small and lowest for marginal farms i.e., ₹ 94791.67 acre-1. The major constraints included high cost of seeds as reported by about 82% of farmers followed by problem of stray animals (76%) and the non availability of quality seeds in time (72%). This study provides essential insights into sweet corn production in Sonepat, Haryana, offering valuable cost-return estimations and identifying key constraints. However, limitations include regional specificity and a relatively small sample size.

Keywords

Sweet corn, Costs and returns, Crop diversification, Sonepat

Conclusion

As the result of study, it was concluded that the marginal and small farmers who grow sweet corn were mostly specialized in sweet corn cultivation while the medium and large farmers were allocating less than 50 percent of their total land for sweet corn cultivation. Among all kinds of operational costs, the cost incurred on seeds (₹ 8688.50) was highest followed by cost of harvesting and cost on fertilizers. The overall per-acre cost of cultivation was ₹ 53731.52. Net return per-acre of sweet corn turned out to be ₹ 45735.08 while return per-rupee of investment was 1.86. The returns from sweet corn were highest in case of medium farms followed by the large, small and marginal farms. The cost of production per quintal was highest on marginal farms 873.18 followed by small, medium and large farms i.e., while the return per rupee of investment was highest on medium farms were 1.92. Overall, sweet corn concluded to be a very good crop and can be grown by all categories of farmers to get a better outcome.

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Raj Ratan Panday, Parminder Singh, Dalip Kumar Bishnoi, Sagar Rawal and Ashok Dhillon (2023). An Economic Analysis of Sweet Corn (Zea mays L.) Cultivation in Sonepat District of Haryana. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(10): 314-317.