An economic analysis of inter-crop profitability during the post reform period in Kerala
- Agricultural Situation In India
- 80(2), May, 2023: p.8-17
High wage rate and rapid rise in cost of cultivation in the state have raised questions regarding the profitability of crop cultivation in Kerala. The post reform period has been a period of agrarian distress with falling prices and declining income of the farmers. There has been a tendency for the farmer to toilet haw from paddy cultivation I Kerala due to uneconomic attempts to compute the profitability of crop cultivation of seven selected crops in the state. – Reproduced
Cost of cultivation, Hired human labour cost, Gross, value of output per hectare, Net value of output per hectare, Relative crop profitability.