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G. SUNEESHA, I. BHAVANI DEVI, Y. PRABHAVATHI AND P. LAVANYAKUMARI
Institute of Agribusiness Management, S.V Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati 517502, Chittoor Dt.
Andhra Pradesh
Kurnool district was selected for present study as the district is having nine actively functioning FPOs (six under NABARD and three under SFAC). The average size of the farm was 2.37 ha on Farmer producer organisation (FPO) and 2.6 ha on non-FPO farms. Total human labour was 104.38 and 100.4 man days per hectare on groundnut FPO farms and non-FPO farms respectively. On an average the total cost of cultivation per hectare of groundnut was Rs. 58,412 on FPO and Rs. 57,526 on non- FPO farms. The gross income realized on FPO farms was slightly higher with Rs. 78,804 as against Rs. 74,030 on non-FPO farms.
KEY WORDS: FPO, NABARD, SFAC