RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL CROPS- COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RAGI AND SUNFLOWER IN KARNATAKA

M.N. JEEVAN¹*, S. MUKHOPADHYAY², G. DEY^3
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal,741252, India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal,741252, India
³Department of Agricultural Economics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal,741252, India
* Corresponding Author : jeevan.mn9@gmail.com

Received : 01-11-2018     Accepted : 27-11-2018     Published : 30-11-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 22       Pages : 7528 - 7531
Int J Agr Sci 10.22 (2018):7528-7531

Keywords : ragi, marginal value product, marginal factor cost
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyala, Mohanpur, Nadia, 741252, West Bengal
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was conducted in the in Sira taluk of Tumakuru district in Karnataka state. Tabular method of analysis and Cobb-Douglas type of production function were used in the study. The results of the study indicated that expenditures on seeds and fertilizers in terms of primary nutrients (N+P+K) were higher in sunflower in spite of consumption of those resources in larger quantities in ragi. The cost of cultivation per hectare was also higher in sunflower than that in ragi. Net return per hectare was negative in ragi, while it was found to be considerably higher in sunflower. Return per rupee of expenditure was also higher for sunflower than that for ragi. Analysis of Cobb-Douglas production function indicated that while human labour and seeds had positive significant effect on production of ragi; human labour and bullock labour had a significant positive effect on production of sunflower. The production function analysis was found to explain 64 percent and 67 percent of variation in the production of ragi and sunflower respectively. The ratio of marginal value product (MVP) to marginal factor cost (MFC) revealed that there existed a scope for increasing output of ragi by enhanced use of human labour and seeds, while the output of sunflower could be increased by using more of human labour and bullock labour.

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