• Dr.S.SENTHILRAJA

Abstract: In Tamil Nadu sugarcane crop is cultivated mainly in the Cauvery belt areas of Erode, Coimbatore, Namakkal and Tiruchirappalli districts. About 84 percent of the production comes from the five districts of Coimbatore, North and South Arcot, Salem, Dharmapuri and Tiruchchirappalli. The main purpose of the present study is to measure and examine the economics of sugarcane production in a selected area and also the study concentrates on the socio economic status of the sugarcane producers during the study period. The present analysis observed that the growth rate of area and production in the two selected taluks of Dharmapuri district has registered highest growth rate whereas lower growth rate in productivity. Due to the labour shortage the farmers are in the position to pay higher wages to the available labourers. The cost of cultivation in the both Dharmapuri and Palacode taluks are high. Hence the Government should take proper measures to control the high and increasing cost of sugarcane cultivation and also take necessary policies to increase the Minimum Support Price for sugarcane.

Index Terms: Sugarcane, Employment, Cultivation, Cost and Income.

"ECONOMIC STUDY ON SUGARCANE CULTIVATION IN DHARMAPURI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.461-465, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807668.pdf

"ECONOMIC STUDY ON SUGARCANE CULTIVATION IN DHARMAPURI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp461-465, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807668.pdf