author(s)
S Susikaran

abstract
The present study has was conducted to find out the cost and returns of cocoon production among various farmers’ category in the Traditional districts of Tamil Nadu such as Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal and Perambalur in North Western Zone. In total, 45 farmers of marginal, small and medium level land holders were randomly selected for the study and thus, the total sample size was 45. The results showed that the cost for the cocoon production for marginal farmers was found to be Rs. 3,28,962.53 and the returns from the cocoon and the waste were Rs. 6,95,320.20. Whereas, the cost for the cocoon production for small farmers was found to be Rs.3,70,544.47 and the returns from the cocoon and the waste were Rs.796138.90. Similarly, in medium farmers’ category, the cost for the Cocoon production for medium farmers was found to be Rs.3,96,102.52 with the returns from the cocoon and the waste was Rs.9,15,569.30. Therefore it is inferred that the benefit cost ratio is higher for the medium farmers which is about 1:2.31. So, both the cost and the returns of cocoon production were high in case of medium farmers followed by small and marginal farmers.