Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology

The present study was conducted in Bhupalapalli district of Telangana, From Out of total blocks of Bhupalapalli district one block i.e., chityal has been selected purposively for current study on the basis of having high total area under production of red chilli for current study. It is worth nothing that the economic studies on chilli, conducted so for in India, are few and have not analyzed the detailed aspect of cost structure, resources use efficiency, productivity and marketing. The list of Farmers growing red chilli was collected from Horticulture Officer (H.O) and sample farmers were selected from the list randomly. The farm respondents were classified in to four groups on the basis of area under red chilli cultivation in all the selected villages viz. marginal - having the cultivated area less than 1 ha, small - having the cultivated area 1 ha to 2 ha, semi medium - having the cultivated area 2ha-4 ha, and medium - having the cultivated area 4 ha to10 ha. The study revealed that total cost incurred in cultivation of red chilli per hectare. Total cost of cultivation incurred was highest in marginal sized farm with Rs 1,42,480 /- followed by small sized farms i.e., Rs 1,37,310/-, semi medium sized farm i.e., Rs 1,32,140 /- and lowest in medium sized forms Rs 1,25,900 /-. Gross returns per hectare was lowest in marginal sized farms with Rs 3,50,000 /- followed by and small sized farms with Rs 3,71,000 /-, semi medium sized farms with Rs 3,85,000 /- and highest in medium sized farms with Rs 392000 /-. Net returns per hectare was highest in medium sized farms with Rs 2,66,101.5 /- followed by semi medium sized farms with Rs 2,52,861.5 /-, small sized farms with Rs 2,33,693.5 /- and lowest in marginal sized farms with Rs 2,07,517.5 /-.