A COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HYBRID AND IMPROVED VARIETIES OF RICE CULTIVATION IN MANIPUR, INDIA

SANTOSH S. YUMNAM¹, NETAJIT S. LEIMAPOKPAM², GANESHKUMAR D. REDE³*, CHAKRABARTY S. YUMLEMBAM^4
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, 741252, West Bengal, India
²Department of Agricultural Statistics, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396450, Gujarat, India
³Department of Agricultural Economics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, 741252, West Bengal, India
⁴Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, 795004, Manipur, India
* Corresponding Author : ganeshrede3156@gmail.com

Received : 18-05-2016     Accepted : 27-05-2016     Published : 18-09-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 37       Pages : 1774 - 1776
Int J Agr Sci 8.37 (2016):1774-1776

Keywords : Rice, Hybrid, Improved varieties, MVP, MFC, Technical Efficiency
Academic Editor : Nimit Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The results of the regression analysis revealed that the farmers were in the second stage of production, which is, diminishing returns to scale in case of both the two types of cultivation. The efficiency computation indicated that fertilizers (1.14), plant protection chemical (16.53) and machine labour (2.51) were being underutilized in hybrid rice type of cultivation, whereas in case of improved varieties of rice cultivation MVP-MFC ratio indicated that fertilizer (3.32) and machine labour (3.03) were being underutilized. But in both the two farms, there was excessive use of human labour. This indicated that suitable alteration is essential for ideal distribution of inputs and to exploit the returns from both the two type of cultivation. The average technical efficiency was slightly high in improved varieties of rice cultivation (96.73%) than in hybrid rice cultivation (95.05%).