ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF COST AND RETURN STRUCTURE OF PADDY CULTIVATION UNDER TRADITIONAL AND SRI METHOD: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

P.K. AGARWAL¹*, P. YADAV², S. MONDAL^3
1Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, K.A.P.G. College, Allahabad, 211002, Allahabad State University, Allahabad, 211001, Uttar Pradesh, India
²College of Agriculture, Amreli, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 365601, Gujarat, India
³Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Morabadi, Ranchi, 834008, Jharkhand
* Corresponding Author : punitagriculture@gmail.com

Received : 21-04-2018     Accepted : 27-04-2018     Published : 30-04-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 8       Pages : 5890 - 5893
Int J Agr Sci 10.8 (2018):5890-5893

Keywords : Cost and Return, Benefit Cost ratio, System of Rice intensification, Cost of production, Cost of Cultivation
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208025, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. It provides employment to 52 per cent of the total labourforce and contributed approximately 14 per cent of the Indian GDP. Rice is one of the three most important food crops in the world. Rice belongs to the genus Oryza and family Gramineae. It is one of the few crop species endowed with richest genetic diversity. India is the second largest rice growing country after China. Besides, this nation has a large range of area under rice cultivation, as it is one of the important nutrient staple crops. It is indeed the predominant product of the nation as well as Jharkhand. The present study was conducted in Geswe, Gutru, Katangdiri, Korabar and Surid villages of Burmu block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand. In this study the main objective is to estimate the cost and return structure of paddy cultivation under SRI and traditional method, but the major issue with the traditional system of paddy cultivation is that the area where paddy is grown, water demand increasing day by day, so the only option is to follow any strategy like SRI that could produce higher rice with low cost. The study concluded that traditional method was somewhat more expensive (Rs. 14014.54 per acre) than SRI method (Rs. 12154.63 per acre). The yield realized in traditional method was 1560.06 kg per acre, while it was 1821.17 kg per acre in the SRI method of paddy cultivation. The B: C ratio is higher in SRI method of paddy cultivation.

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