Arjun Singh Rajput

Economical Aspects of Bottle Gourd in Contract & Non-contract Farming

Production, Marketing and Problems of Bottle Gourd

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), also called white-flowered gourd or calabash gourd, running or climbing vine of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). Lauki is low in calories and high in fibre, has high water content and is rich in vitamins C and B complex, and iron, sodium and potassium. It contains about 96% water, 22 calories, 5.4g carbohydrates, 0.9g protein, 347mg sodium, 360mg potassium, with no total fat and cholesterol. This book is based on an economic analysis of production and marketing of bottle gourd under contract vis-à-vis non-contract farming in the Jaipur district of Rajasthan. In this book (i) Costs and returns structure and resource use efficiency (ii) Effect of contract farming on the production and price of bottle gourd on contract farms in (iii) Yield and price uncertainties involved in the production of bottle gourd on contract and non-contract farms and (iv) Problems faced by the contract farmers and the contracting firm under contract farming of bottle gourd in Jaipur district of Rajasthan was studied. This study helps the farmers to reducing the cost of cultivation, increasing the production level using cost concept and B:C ratio.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9786203309010
• ISBN-10: 620330901X
• Artikelnr.: 62612599

Autorenporträt

Arjun Singh Rajput, PhD in Agricultural Economics from Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Graduation in Agriculture with 83 % and MSc in Agriculture Economics with 78.50 %. Presently Now I am working as field supervisor in cost of cultivation of principal crops scheme in Rajasthan, India.