Particulars | Farmers’ categories | |
---|---|---|
Supported | Non-supported | |
Variable costs | ||
Human labour | 17,700 | 17,340 |
Power tiller | 3705 | 3705 |
Seed/seedlings | – | 4940 |
Fertilizers | ||
Urea | – | 2470 |
DAP | – | 1383 |
MoP | – | 988 |
Total | – | 4841 |
Herbicides and insecticides | 200 | 600 |
(1) Total variable cost | 21,605 | 31,426 |
Fixed costs | ||
Land use cost | 6990 | 6990 |
Interest on operating capital | 1296 | 1886 |
(2) Total fixed cost | 8286 | 8876 |
(3) Total cost | 29,891 | 40,302 |
Return from Aus rice production | ||
(4) Gross return | 49,920 | 51,220 |
(5) Gross margin (4 - 1) | 28,315 | 19,794 |
(6) Net return (4 - 3) | 20,029 | 10,918 |
(7) Benefit–cost ratio (BCR) (4 ÷ 3) | 1.67 | 1.27 |
(8) Profitability ratio | 1.83*** (0.007) |