Cost Of Cultivation Of Maize Cost items Rs/ha Preparatory cultivation 1500.00 Seed 350.00 Sowing 600.00 F.Y.M.(5 t/ha) 500.00 Manures & Fertilizers 2400.00 Weeding & Earthing up 600.00 Plant Protection chemicals (Carbofuran in whorls, Endosulfan 2.5 I/ha 2Dithane M 45) 2000.00 Irrigation charges 450.00 Harvesting & Shelling 1200.00 Total Cost 10900.00 Productivity q/ha 53.46 Price Rs/Kg 4.35 Gross returns 23255.00 Cost of cultivation 10900.00 Net returns 12355.00 Cost benefit ratio 1:2.13

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