Horti-Business Management (2+0)

Introduction

• Several inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, labour, capital) in various combinations and quantities are used to cultivate a crop, say tomato, and harvest the output, (produce), which is then sold in the market. Technologies have been developed with the type of input, quantity, quality, mode and time of application etc., with a view to increase output per unit area (productivity).
  
• Understanding the relationship between input and output is very essential because it will reveal the extent of change in output for a given change in input i.e., what happens to the yield of tomato as you keep on increasing the application of nitrogenous fertilizer by one kg. At a certain stage it will help to identify the optimum level of input use (quantity of nitrogenous fertilizer to be applied) to maximize output (yield of tomato).