Analysis of the Cost of Cultivation and Returns for Cluster Bean in the Gird Region of Madhya Pradesh, India

Cluster bean or guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) (2n=14) is an annual legume plant widely grown for its gum, vegetable, fodder and green manure values. India produces around 80% of the world's cluster beans. It is the most important crop of drought region, because it has a deep root system and excellent in surviving water stress condition. This research paper was carried out to identify the cost of cultivation and returns of grid region of Madhya Pradesh of cluster bean for the year 2019-20. Multi-stage sampling was used for the selection of the farmers for the present research. Morena district of Madhya Pradesh was selected purposively as its first rank in the area and production of cluster bean in the state. Total 90 farmers were selected and the nearest organized grain mandi of Sabalgarh was selected purposively for this research. Both the primary and secondary data were collected. The results showed that at overall farm level per hectare cost of cultivation of Cluster bean in Morena district was noted ₹ 26772.60, Cost A1 at overall farm level was seen ₹ 16753.22/ha, has been that overall cost of production at cost A1/ A2 was observed ₹ 1355.50/qt average yield of guar were achieved 12.38 qt/ha Net return at aggregate level under cost A1 A2, B1 ,B2, C1, C2 and C3 were reported ₹ 39882.77/ha, ₹ 39882.77/ha, ₹ 39276.03/ha, ₹ 29863.36/ha, ₹ 37079.88/ha, ₹ 27667.21/ha and ₹ 27377.52 /ha, the B;C ratio over cost A1 Rs3.37, A2 Rs3.37, B1 3.25, B2 2.10, C1 2.88, C2 1.94, and C31.92 was observed. B; C ratio overall farm level was seen 1.92 referred crop is under profitable situation.