Economics of Raising Seedling of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. Italica) in Protected Structure

The experiment was conducted during 2020−21 and 2021−22 at Green house complex, AICRP on Plastic Engineering in Agriculture Structure Environment Management, Departmental of Renewable Energy Engineering, College Agricultural Technology, Junagadh, Gujarat, India to study the economics vegetable seedling nursery for high valued broccoli crop profitable entrepreneurship. Timely sowing optimizing plant population significantly increase production. availability required time play a major role cultivation. seedlings are transplanted rabi season, therefore, farmers have prepare late monsoon. germination percentage survival reduced due extreme weather condition like frosting, freezing, heat wave, temperature excess soil moisture open field. Therefore, present work carried out economic feasibility raising natural ventilated net-cum-poly house. seeds Namdhari F1 were sown plug tray month September year 2020 2021. Plug trays filled with mixture cocopeat vermicompost an equal proportion 1:1 (V/V). recorded 94% each sold ` 1.60. Gross Return (GR), Net (NR), benefit-cost ratio as Rs. 556.80 m-2, 262.69 m-2 1.89, respectively.