An Economic Analysis on Production and Marketing of Maize in Perambalur District of Tamil Nadu, India

Tamil Nadu has a pride of place in the national maize scenario due to steadily increasing area under maize than other millets. The present study was taken up to estimate the marketing cost and price spread for Maize in Preambular District, to identify the major marketing channels for Maize in the study area and to identify the production and marketing constraints/factors of Maize. Multi stage random sampling procedure was followed to select the blocks, villages and farmers. Finally, 100 farmers were selected for the study. The study identified that per hectare total cost of cultivation of maize worked out to be Rs.45766 per ha. The yield realized was 51 qtl per hectare. Gross returns realized from one hectare of maize grown by the sample farmers was Rs. 55080 per ha. Net returns realized from one hectare of maize grown by the sample farmers was Rs. 9314 per ha. Producer-farmers received a net price of Rs. 946.4/q in channel I (Producer - Commission Agent - Wholesaler- Processor / Consumer) which accounted for 75.23 per cent of consumer’s price. And the same was Rs. 1015/q in channel II (Producer-Local Trader - Wholesaler – Processor / Consumer) which accounted for 75.69 per cent of consumer’s price.