RESOURCE UTILISATION PATTERN OF PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION IN KONKAN REGION

This paper has analysed the resource utilization pattern of pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) production in Konkan region of Maharashtra pertained to the years 2013-16. The primary data were collected from a sample of 20 Pineapple tenant growers of five villages in Dodamarg tahsil of Sindhudurg district. The per hectare physical input utilization pattern indicated that there was higher utilization of inputs such as hired human labour, fertilizers, plant protection chemicals and lesser utilization of manures and suckers in the farms. The labour utilization was found to be intensive in operations like planting, weeding, earthing up and harvesting.