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Economic studies show that marigold production is very lucrative.
- Outcome
- production of marigolds is very lucrativee4
Verbatim
e4“Economic studies have shown that the production of marigolds is very lucrative and the net returns are 1.6-1.7 lakh per hectare and the estimates of the benefit-cost ratio are 1:4 in case of good management practices”
Title
Ratna Bhaskar; Rajeshwari Sahu; Amit Dixit Archives of Current Research International 2026. doi:10.9734/acri/2026/v26i51908
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation There is a significant difference between African marigold varieties in vegetative growth, flowering behaviour and flower size.
- Observation There is a significant difference between African marigold varieties in yield.
- Observation The cultivar Arka Bhanu f1 displayed a high yield of about 23.47 t/ha under plains conditions.
- Observation The cultivar Calcutta Gainda displayed a high yield of about 19.68 t/ha under plains conditions.
- Observation Pusa Basanti and Pusa Narangi had an intermediate yield.
- Observation Marigold net returns are 1.6-1.7 lakh per hectare with good management practices.
- Observation The benefit-cost ratio of marigold is about 1:4 with good management practices.
- Mechanism A large yield gap between experimental and farmers’ field situations persists because of low uptake of better varieties, poor planting material, market dynamics and weak value chains.
- Recommendation The review recommends a systematic multi-location varietal assessment of African marigold.
- Recommendation The review recommends encouraging hybrid cultivars and better nutrient and crop management methods for marigold.
- Recommendation The review recommends designing an efficient marketing and value addition system for marigold.
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