The economic of production of vegetable crops grown in northern Omdurman, Khartoum State Sudan

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This study was carried out to estimate the profitability in terms of gross margins ol'the main vegetable crops grown in the area.

Sampled farmers were randomly selected through a field survey during 2006/2007 agricultural season, and the collected data was subjected to descriptive statistics and gross margin analysis, in addition to the estimation of the benefit cost ratio.

The results revealed that the vegetable crops under investigation arc profitable to farmers.

Tomato crop scored the highest gross margin, followed by onion and lastly potato crop.

Agricultural operation was the highest cost item for onion and tomato crops, while the agricultural inputs recorded the highest item for potato crop.