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Economic Analysis of a Manually Operated Maize Planter for Small‑Scale Farmers

Author(s) Ms. Sakshi Tomar, Dr. Asif Beg, Dr. Alpana Joshi
Country India
Abstract The cost economics of manually operated maize planter generally show potential advantages in terms of accuracy, productivity, and financial sustainability. This study analyses the economic viability of planter, which aim at increasing efficiency, reducing labour dependency and decreasing cost of operation.Cost economic analysis has been made for planter, where cost analysis included fixed cost such as depreciation, interest, housing, taxes and insurance cost, while variable cost included labour cost, repair and maintenance costs. The designed planter was estimated to have cost ₹10,000.00 and operational cost was found to be ₹74.99 h-1. The saving over traditional planting was of 95%. The payback period, break-even point and benefit-cost ratio were found to be 2.155 yr, 41.47 h yr-1, 4.638 respectively. It can be inferred that planter is ergonomically efficient and economically profitable. The use of cost effective, labour-driven planter such as this will increase efficiency on the farms while reducing input costs. The study attempts to define important financial parameters including payback period, break-even point, and benefit-cost ratio by modelling the total cost of ownership which includes capital investment, operational expenses, input savings, yield increases from better accuracy, and the value of timeliness.
Keywords Cost economics, fixed cost, variable cost, payback period, break-even point and benefit cost ratio.
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Published In Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-05-14
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