Abstract
Banana production is a premier horticulture crop in India. It has peculi cultivation process and trade practices have been made by all type of farmers (smamedium, large size) in India. Bananas are the fifth largest agricultural commodity in wortrade after cereals, sugar, coffee and cocoa. Bananas are grown in more than 150 countrie producing 105 million tonnes of fruit per year. Banana is a significant food crop and it greater economic importance among the food crops, since it is one of the lead in commodities in agricultural exports. Hence, the production performance of the crop importance in improving the efficient use of resources. The cost of production and returns obtained per unit would determine the profitability of the crop. The study predominantly descriptive based on empirical in nature. The primary data was collecte from various categories of Banana Cultivators. Secondary data was gathered from published documents. Suitable statistical tools have been used for analyzing the primadata. Gobichettipalayam, and Sathyamangalam Talucks in Erode district were random selected for the study. The nature of farmer’s category also decided for productivity terms of volume of acres they cultivated. The small growers who cultivated various type varieties with less labour cost. Whereas, larger growers who spent more labour cost for type of works which relates to the planting and maintenance, but they have potentimilch animals and tractors. Disk cutting plough equipment. According to the data analys maintenance, planting cost are equal to small growers and large size farmers.
Keywords : Production and productivity of banana cultivation.
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