ECONOMICS OF MECHANICAL VERSUS MANUAL HARVESTING OF TUR IN NORTH KARNATAKA

UPASANA MOHAPATRA¹*, S.M. MUNDINAMANI², TAPAS RANJAN SAHOO³, M. SANGEETHA⁴, PRANGYA P. SAHU^5
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka 580005
³Department of Agronomy, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
⁴Department of Agricultural Economics, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
⁵Department of Agricultural Economics, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, Odisha, India
* Corresponding Author : umohapatra02@gmail.com

Received : 20-10-2016     Accepted : 06-11-2016     Published : 18-11-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 56       Pages : 3059 - 3063
Int J Agr Sci 8.56 (2016):3059-3063

Keywords : Economics, Mechanical harvesting, Threshing, Combined harvesters, Constraints
Academic Editor : Sadiq M.S., Mathur Aparna
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : The paper is a part of the M.sc (Agri) thesis of the first author under the research guidance of the second author. The third author assisted in data collection and the provided the agronomic details and sources of cost in cultivation of the crop. The fou

The present study attempted to estimate the cost of cultivation of Tur, identify methods of harvesting and document constraints faced by Tur growers in mechanical harvesting in two major Tur growing districts of north Karnataka i.e., Vijayapur and Bagalakote. Multistage sampling procedure was followed for selection of 120 Tur growers. The data pertained to the agricultural year 2013-14. Farm budgeting and Garrett ranking techniques were used to analyze the data. The net returns per hectare for Tur cultivation for manual harvesting and mechanical threshing and mechanical harvesting cum threshing was found to be ₹27588.17 and ₹35181.82 leading to undiscounted benefit cost ratios of 1.45 and 1.62, respectively. The two major methods for harvesting and threshing of Tur in the study area were using human labour for harvesting, bullock pair for transportation and machine for threshing and using combined harvesters for harvesting and threshing, of which, mechanical harvesting cum threshing of Tur was found to be economical to the extent of ₹3041.40 per ha in Vijayapur district and ₹2960.25 per ha in Bagalakote district. The major problems faced in mechanical harvesting and threshing of Tur were non-availability of machines during requirement, splitting of grains, loss of fodder and absence of standard price for area harvested.