Economics of production and marketing of Kagzi lime in Ahilyanagar district of Maharashtra

The present investigation is carried out in Ahilyanagar district of Maharashtra state. Keeping in view the highest acreages under kagzi lime, Shrigonda and Karjat tahsils from Ahilyanagar district were purposively selected. from these two tahsils 6 villages were selected purposively on the basis of area under kagzi lime. from each village 15 sample cultivators were selected randomly i.e. small (upto 0.20 ha), medium (0.21 to 0.40 ha) and large (0.41 ha and above).Thus, final sample comprised of 90 kagzi lime growers. The primary data collected for the agriculture year 2023-24 were analyzed by using simple tabular approach and also functional analysis method. At overall level per hectare cost of production was 2,85,905.95. The per hectare cost of production was highest 3,10,681.97 in small size group followed by medium 2,86,489.05 and large group 260546.82 Kagzi lime is a profitable fruit crop with 2.52 B:C ratio. For large gardens cost was minimum Hence, the large gardens were more profitable than small gardens. According to financial indicators, the investment in lime cultivation has proven to be economically viable.