I. KRISHNA TEJA*, S. RAJESWARI, I. BHAVANI DEVI AND B. RAVINDRA REDDY

Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502.

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted to know the trends in productivity, prices, cost of cultivation and net returns of FCV tobacco and non-tobacco crops from 2002-03 to 2011-12. Non – tobacco crops selected for the study were bengalgram, redgram and paddy. The results showed that, the productivity of all crops registered a negative growth, while paddy recorded a positive growth rate with mild fluctuations. Similarly, the prices and cost of cultivation of FCV tobacco and other crops showed a positive growth with an increasing trend, whereas net returns from all crops registered a negative growth rate except paddy crop, which recorded a positive growth with highly fluctuating trend.

KEYWORDS:

Cost of cultivation, Net returns, Prices, Productivity, Trends.