Abstract

A study was conducted in Dharmapuri district with sixty sample farmers with the objective to found out the production cost of tomato, and to identify the problems associated with tomato cultivation and marketing. The study revealed that pusa ruby was the rulling variety with 54 per cent of the farmers followed by PKM 1 with 27 per cent of the farmers. Tomato was cultivated under irrigated condition in 78 per cent of the area and 22 per cent under rainfed situations. The cost of cultivation of tomato per ha was Rs.4,328.12 and the marketing cost to tomato per quintal was Rs.12.50. The major problems are low price, lack of processing and storage facilities.

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