Economic Analysis of Black Rice Production in Manipur

Abstract

The study was conducted on Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) assisted farmers in four valley districts of Manipur viz. Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur and undivided Thoubal to determine the cost-benefit ratio of black rice production. The cost of cultivation was found to be `119315.98 in Imphal East, `138285.53 in Imphal West, `117816.90 in Bishnupur and `119895.60 in Thoubal districts per ha with a gross return of `164814.00, 225600.00, 164010.00 and 171600.00 respectively. The benefit-cost ratio was found to be more than one, revealing that the cultivation of black rice can be lucrative. Though the farmers were cultivating black rice on a marginal piece of land compared to regular rice, the results obtained a benefit ratio ranging from 1.81 to 3.82, suggesting that they can also go for large-scale cultivation of black rice with the commercial objective.