Economic analysis of banana in Solapur district of Maharashtra

The present investigation is carried out in Solapur district of Maharashtra state. Keeping in view the highest acreages under banana, Madha and Karmala tahsils from Solapur district were purposively selected. from these two tahsils 6 villages were selected purposively on the basis of area under banana. from each village 15 sample cultivators were selected randomly i.e. small (Upto 0.40 ha), medium (0.41 to 0.80 ha) and large (0.81 ha and above). Thus, final sample comprised of 90 banana cultivators. The primary data collected for the agriculture year 2023-24 were analysed by using simple tabular approach and also functional analysis method. At overall level per hectare cost of production was 4,86,073.99. The per hectare cost of production was highest 4,98,616.88 in small size group followed by medium 4,86,784.66 and large group 4,72,820.42. Banana is a profitable fruit crop with 1.77 B:C ratio. For Large cultivator cost was minimum Hence, the large cultivators were more profitable than small cultivators. According to financial indicators, the investment in banana cultivation has proven to be economically viable.