Economics of production of cauliflower in Nagpur district

Cole vegetables are the most important contributor in cultivated vegetable. Among the different vegetables grown in India Cole vegetables contributed good in both Regional and National income. India is second largest global producer of Cole vegetables after China. The present study was undertaken in Nagpur district of Vidarbha region of state Maharashtra. Cauliflower was selected for the present study. Out of fourteen tahsils in Nagpur district, two tahsils namely Katol and Narkhed were selected purposively having maximum area and production of cauliflower. Five villages were selected from each tehsil and 10 farmers were selected from each village purposively. A list of all the selected vegetable growers of the selected villages were prepared from consolidated list of selected vegetable growers, total 50 cauliflower vegetable growers have been selected randomly (20 small, 15 medium, 15 large). The per hectare total cost of cultivation at Cost C3 for cauliflower was Rs. 90793.83. The input-output ratio at cost C3 for cauliflower was 1.62. The study indicates that cultivation of cauliflower was economically profitable to the selected cultivators.