An Economics Analysis of Oil Palm Cultivation in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

An attempt has been made in this study to examine the economic analysis of oil palm cultivation in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The specific objective of the study were (i) to identify socio economic profile of the farmers/respondents in different size of farm in study area, (ii) to study cost and return and input output ratio of different size farm group in study area, (iii) to estimate disposal pattern and marketable surplus of oil palm in different size of farm groups, (iv) to work out price spread producers’ share in consumers’ rupee and marketing efficiency in different marketing channels and (v) to find out different problems in production and marketing of oil palm in different size of farm group in study area. The present study was conducted in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The primary data is collected from the oil palm producers through personal interview method with the help of well-prepared schedule and questionnaire for the production and marketing year 2022-23. The growth rate of area, production and productivity of East Godavari district was worked out by using exponential analysis. The simple mean and average method was used to work out the cost of cultivation, marketable surplus and disposal pattern of oil palm.