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Table 1 revealed that the total area under Moringa is distributed only in two taluks to the -tune of 98 per cent in
Thoothukkudi District. Among the two taluks, Sathankulam found to have 73 per cent of the total area under
Moringa. In respect of Tiruppur District, around 80 per cent of the total area under Moringa is vested with
Dharapuram Taluk and
hence the Sathankulam Taluk of Thoothukkudi District and Dharapuram Taluk of
Tiruppur District were chosen purposely in the Second Stage.
Table 1 Area under Moringa in Thoothukkudi and Tiruppur Districts (2015-16)
Sl. No Name of the Taluk Name of the District Area under Moringa in Ha % to Total Area under Crops in the District
01
Sathankulam
Thoothukkudi
1062.86
72.55
02
Tiruchendur
Thoothukkudi
367.81
25.11
03
Others
Thoothukkudi
34.33
2.34
Total Area under Moringa in Thoothukkudi District 1465.00
100.00
03
Dharapuram
Tiruppur
956.25
80.24
04
Kangeyam
Tiruppur
182.61
15.32
Total Area under Moringa in Tiruppur District
1191.74
95.56
Note: G-Return (2015-16)
In the Third Stage, the villages where the highest area under Moringa available were enlisted after getting the list of
farmers from the Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops of Government of Tamil Nadu and in each village
10 sample farmers were randomly selected following a
Three Stage Random Sampling Technique for the Study.
Table 2 revealed that the samples selected in respect of Moringa are accounted for 50 samples from
Thoothukkudi District and another 50 samples were drawn from Tiruppur District. Put together, One hundred
samples were selected for the study from these two districts. From the sample farmers, the details of land use,
crop management for its production and productivity, Post harvest processing methods, Cost of production of
Moringa and the constraints involved are assessed using the structured and pretested questionnaire exclusively
designed for the purpose and the same were analyzed and documented in this study by adopting a descriptive
statistics like mean and percentage analysis.
Table 2 Details of Samples Selected for the Study
Sl. No Name of the Villages Selected in Sathankulam
Taluk
No. of
Samples
Name of Villages Selected in Dharapuram
Taluk
No. of
Samples
01
Sasthavinallur
10
Kilangundal
10
02
Naduvakkurichi
10
Komarapalayam
10
03
Mudhalur
10
Mulayampoondi
10
04
Arasoor
10
Moolanur
10
05
Thatchamozhi
10
Puduppai
10
Total Samples in Thoothukkudi District
50
Total Samples in Tiruppur District
50
6 Results and Discussion
The results of the study were presented here for better understanding of the stakeholders under the following
heads. They are
Factors influencing Moringa Plantations
Costs and Returns from Moringa Orchards
Yield and Income Generation Possibilities from Moringa
Economics of Moringa Cultivation in Tamil Nadu
6.1 Factors influencing Moringa plantations
The increasing area under Moringa necessarily called for analyzing the influencing factors for establishing the
Moringa Plantations in their farm holdings. Few of the factors may be positively influencing and some are
negatively influencing. In this respect, these are analyzed and the results are presented in Table 3.
