This work was carried out in Santa Fé do Sul (SP), intending to analyze costs and profitability in a cultivation of papaya Formosa 'cultivar Tainung 01'. The collection of necessary data to perform the research on the aspects related to the production and prices was obtained from local rural producers, and the cost methodology was based on the full operational cost and full production cost. The satisfactory economical results show that the papaya cultivation is feasible in this region.
costs; profitability; papaya
