An economic analysis of production of layers in Anand district of Gujarat Garval Anil S*, Shaikh A S Department of Agricultural Economics, B A College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388110, Gujarat *Corresponding author: anil.garval@gmail.com
Online published on 13 November, 2020. Abstract The present investigation was undertaken to study economics and constraints of layer production in Anand district of Gujarat state. The data were collected from 80 poultry farms during 2018-19. The major analytical tools employed for the study were tabular analysis, percentage, ratios, break-even analysis, and Garrett ranking technique. The average cost of production per layer was Rs. 1101. It can also be found that variable cost formed 91.51 per cent of total cost, while fixed cost accounted for 8.49 per cent of total cost per farm and per layer. Average cost of production per egg was Rs. 3.42. The average gross returns per layer and per egg were Rs. 1203 and Rs. 3.94, respectively and the average net return per layer was Rs. 102. The benefit: cost ratio was 1.09 for the sample as a whole. The break-even analysis revealed that the layer had to produce a minimum of 146 eggs for the sample as a whole to meet the cost incurred in production of eggs. Production efficiency like feed conversion ratio was 1.84 and egg feed price ratio was 1.39 for the sample as whole. It was also observed that labour shortage, high cost of input, high cost of establishment and non-availability of chicks on time were the major production constraints encountered by the poultry farmers. Top Keywords BCR, Cost of production, Depreciation, Layer, Production cycle, Production efficiency. Top |