In the cost of cultivation of chilli on inorganic farms, the
variable cost mainly comprised of cost of human labour, cost of
FYM, cost of bullock labour, cost of chemical fertilizers and cost
of plant protection chemicals which were ` 5690, ` 2261,
` 2081, ` 1887 and ` 1110 accounting for 30.00 per cent, 12 per
cent, 11per cent, 10 per cent and 6.00 per cent of the total cost of
cultivation respectively. The expenditure on chemical fertilizers
found to be an important item in the total cost of cultivation on
inorganic farms. The other variable cost items such as cost of
seeds, cost of machine labour and interest on working capital
accounted for 3 per cent (` 491), 5 per cent (` 1035) and 5 per
cent (` 1019) of the total cost of cultivation of chilli on inorganic
farms respectively