Trends In Economics Of Tobacco And Its Competing Crops In Nellore And Prakasam Districts Of Andhra Pradesh Volume-1-Issue-3 I. KRISHNA TEJA*, S. RAJESWARI, I. BHAVANI DEVI AND B. RAVINDRA REDDY Trends In Economics Of Tobacco And Its Competing Crops In Nellore And Prakasam Districts Of Andhra Pradesh 1 Department of Agricultural Economics, S.V.Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502. , . 1 2Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute , School of Life Science and Technology , Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) , Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) , Jalan Ganesha No. 10 Bandung , Nonthaburi , 11000 , Thailand . 10.22207/JPAM.12.2.01 Volume 1 Issue 1 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.

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