Economics

Cost of cultivation

Labour Requirement

Labour utilisation per hectare of cotton according to farm size and operation

Operations Small Medium Large farms Pooled farms

farms farms
CPD MD CPD MD CPD MD CPD MD
Prepara 9.86 9.86 9.66 9.66 6.98 6.98 7.9 7.96
tory (45. (12. (11 (48.27) (9.09) (48.12) (10.49)
cultivation 47) 07) (49. .71)
03)
Sowing 9.47 9.36 8.36 8.70
(11. (11 (10.89) (11.46)
59) .34)
Manure's 2.23 4.87 2.23 5.83 1.37 5.42 1.68 5.36
and (10. (5. (7. (9.4) (7.06) (10.57) (7.06)
fertilizer 28) 96) (11 07)
application .31)
Intercult 8.93 13.39 7.81 12.23 6.11 16.94 6.90 11.60
ivation (41. (16. (14. (42.25) (14.25) (41.7) (15.28)
19) 40) (39 94)
.64)
Plant 34.35 35.66 35.58 34.6
protection (42. (43. (46.35) (45.6)
06) 23)
Picking 9.71 9.64 9.48 7.65
(11. (11. (12.53) (10.08)
89) 68)
Total 21.68 81.65 19.7 82.18 14.46 76.76 16.54 75.87
(100 (100. (100 (100 (100.00) (100.00) (100.00) (100.00)
.00) 00) .00) .00)
Note: Figures in parenthesis indicate per cent to total

• CPD = Cattle pair days

 • MD = Man days.

Small Farms

• A farm having < 2.5 acres of wet land (or) > 5 acres of dry land

Medium farms

• A farm having < 5 acre of wet land (or) < 10 acres of dry land

Large farms

• A farm having > 5 acres of wet land (or) > 10 acres of dry land

Pooled farms

• Average of the small farms & medium farms.

Cost of cultivation according to cost items: Cost of cultivation of cotton per hectare
according to farm size and cost items (Rs/hectare)

•
Parti Small % toMedium % toLarge % toPooled % to
culars Farms total Farms total Farms total Farms Total
Variable 34 26 26 80
Costs
Human
labour
Hired 530 2.99 772.69 4.28 950 5.12 714 3.95
.23 .37 .06
Family 848 4.78 696.37 3.86 185 1.00 633 3.51
.69 .42 .37
Total 1378 7.77 14698 8.14 1135 6.12 1347 7.46
.92 .06 .79 .43
Cattle
Labour
Hired 339.36 1.91 200.78 1.11 171 0.93 252 1.40
.912 .46
Family 138.14 0.78 199.39 1.10 167 0.90 165 0.91
.23 .32
Total 477.50 2.69 400.17 2.21 339 1.83 417 2.31
.14 .78
Machine
Labour
Hired 538.10 3.03 607.96 3.37 967. 5.20 668 3.70
25 .09
Family - - - - - - - -
Total 538.10 3.03 607.96 3.37 967 5.20 668 3.70
25 .09
Seed 478.73 2.70 617.09 3.42 791 4.26 601 3.33
.74 .95
Manure's 3387 19.08 3288 18 3308 17.81 3335 18.47
and .43 .26 21 .04 .35
Fertilizers
Plant 7637 43.03 7705 42 7965 427 7741 42.88
protection .46 .41 .68 .42 .88 .53
chemicals
Interest 425.97 2.40 439.08 2.43 463 2.50 439 2.43
on .59 .64
working
capital
Total 14324 80.70 14527 80 14970 80.60 14551 80.60
variable .10 .03 .46 .97 .77
costs
Fixed
Costs
Rental 3080 17.36 3152 17 3200 17.23 3133 17.36