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Tomato (Lycopersicon esculemtun) is the world�s largest vegetable crop and known as protective food both because of its special nutritive value and also because of its wide spread production. Tomato is one of the most important vegetable crops cultivated for its fleshy fruits. Tomato is considered as important commercial and dietary vegetable crop. Tomato is protective supplementary food. As it is short duration crop and gives high yield, it is important from economic point of view and hence area under its cultivation is increasing day by day. Cash Crops cultivation plays an important role in the agricultural economy of India. Marginal, small, medium and large size farmers of India grow vegetable for generating income and increasing nutrient in the diet of people. But limited research was done on profitability and resource use efficiency of tomato which are the major vegetable cash crops grown by farmers in Himachal Pradesh. Study was carried out in 2017-18 on the basis of primary data to know costs, returns and resource use efficiency of tomato cultivation. The study concluded that return per rupee (RPR) in tomato cultivation was Rs.3.57, benefit cost ratio (BCR) at Rs.3.25:1, contribution of margin (CM) at Rs. 368 breakeven point (BEP) at 1.68 tones/ ha. and margin of safety (MS) at 22.68 tones/ ha respectively which was highest to large farm category in both the cash crops and indicated that large farms are more efficient and have more economies of scale (net-returns) due to better management practices, sound financial position and efficient use of resources.