In the case of organic farms, the variable costs mainly
comprised of cost of human labour, cost of organic manure (FYM,
green manuring, vermicompost, biofertlizers and biopesticides)
and cost of bullock labour which were ` 5114, ` 4610 and
` 2849 accounting for 28 per cent, 25.00 per cent and 16 per cent
of the total cost of cultivation respectively. The expenditure on
organic manure found to be an important item in total cost of
cultivation on organic farms. The other variable cost items such
as cost of seeds, cost of machine labour and interest on the
working capital accounted for 2.00 per cent (` 372), 5. per cent
(` 905) and 5 per cent (` 969) of the total cost of cultivation of
chilli on organic farms respectively