A comparative study on cost of arecanut cultivation in malnad and non malnad region in Karnataka

Now-a-days people from the malnad and non-malnad area are migrating to urban area and farmers feels that the Arecanut cultivation is not at all profitable. The educated youth do not want to continue in malnad region only traditional arecanut growing families are continuing with the occupation of arecanut cultivation. Reason behind to this is high cost of arecanut cultivation. Arecanut growers are facing major problems like labors, disease and financial problem. Hence, present study taken upto study the overall cost of cultivation of arecanut growers in malnad and nonmalnad region.