• M. Vignesh
• R. Selvakumar
• R. Azhagesan

Banana (Musa sp.) is the second most important fruit crop in India next to mango. It comes under the family of Musaceae and originated in Indo- Malayan region (South East Asia). Banana is called as the “fruit of the wise men”. In recent years, considering the adverse impact of indiscriminate use of chemicals, new trend for organic production of banana is increasing in this country. World’s total banana production during 2020-21 was 116,781,658 (000MT). India is one of the leading producers of banana production in our country. India ranks first in producing the largest number of bananas with 32,454 (000 MT) and it’s accounted for 26.75 per cent of total banana production in the world. Tamil Nadu ranks fourth banana production estimated for 3,895.64 (000 MT) and accounting for 10.41 per cent in the total production in this country. The specific objectives were to analyze the trends in area, production and productivity of banana and cost and returns of Banana farms. The compound growth rate for banana area, production, productivity was -0.99, -9.51 and -7.68 respectively. It is observed that the compound growth rate is negative for area, production and productivity. This may occurred due to some climatic fluctuations and environmental changes. The trend line for productivity showed a positive trend (0.18) which may be due to improved technologies adopted by the farmers. The total cost of cultivation of banana per acre was Rs. 1, 34,615. The Gross Income is Rs. 2, 34,000. The Net Income is Rs.99, 385 The BCR value is 1.73. Thus it concluded that banana is economically profitable for the farmers.

Banana Cultivation, BCR, Cost and Returns, Growth Rate, Trend Analysis.

"AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TREND, COST AND RETURNS OF BANANA IN KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no.c223-c229, September-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209247.pdf

"AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TREND, COST AND RETURNS OF BANANA IN KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no. ppc223-c229, September-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209247.pdf