yield of chilli on organic farm (4.10 tonnes) was comparatively
lower than that of inorganic farm (4.86 tonnes).The average per
tonne market price of organic chilli (` 9830) was found to be
higher than that of inorganic chilli (` 6300).The average
transportation cost of organic chilli was ` 265 per tonne as
against ` 285 per tonne of inorganic chilli. The commission
charges paid during marketing of organically produced chilli
was ` 644 per tonne, as against ` 432 per tonne for inorganically
produced chilli because of more cost charged by the middlemen
since there was high premium price for organic chilli since the
organic farmers send their produce to the distant markets like
Belgaum, Pune, Solhapur and Bangalore as they unable to get
the premium price in the local market. The organically produced
chilli could fetch premium price in the market. The total marketing
cost was ` 3726 for organic chilli and ` 3485 for inorganic chilli.
Similar results were observed by Bennett (1999) and Suresh
(2001).