Three vegetables namely bitter gourd, kinda gourd and muskmelon were selected to determine the profitability of
these vegetables with special emphasis on location of the farms with respect to market. The study was based on
secondary data. Two categories were made Le. the farms near to market and the farms far from market and
profitability was determined separately for each category thereby indicated that cost of production per acre was
higher on the farms near to market than that of the·farms far from market. Nevertheless, higher returns were also
estimated for this category. Results of the study highlight the need for the development of market infrastructure to
boost up vegetable production in the country to meet the increasing requirement of food supplies and to create
more employment opportunities in the rural economy.
Sultan Ali Adil, Muhammad Waqas Alam Chattha, Sarfraz Hassan, Asif Maqbool. (2007) Economics Of Vegetable Production By Farm Location, , Volume-44, Issue-1.
