@article{Kumar:119409,
      recid = {119409},
      author = {Kumar, Sanjay and Suresh, Ram and Singh, Virendra and  Singh, A.K.},
      title = {Economic Analysis of Menthol Mint Cultivation in Uttar  Pradesh: A Case Study of Barabanki District},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics Research Review},
      address = {2011-12},
      number = {347-2016-16958},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {The present study has been carried out in the Barabanki  district of Uttar Pradesh on economic analysis of
menthol  mint cultivation in the year 2010. The economics has been  worked out by comparing costs and
returns at different  stages by the conventional method. The linear production  function has been fitted to
evaluate the resources-use  efficiency in the production of menthol mint. The study has  shown that the
major portion of operational cost is shared  by hired labour, interculture operations, distillation  charges,
irrigation and machine / tractor charge. The  overall benefit-cost ratio has been found to be 2.55,  which
indicates a higher profit for farmers on less  investment in mint cultivation. The independent variables  like
human labour, machinery, manures and fertilizer,  irrigation charges and intercultural operations have  shown
a positive and significant impact on the returns of  mentha crop in the study area. The major problems faced
by  the farmers are high input cost, erratic supply of  electricity, lack of adequate information,  infrastructural
facilities, regulated markets and  energy-efficient distillation units.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/119409},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.119409},
}