COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS OF PADDY UNDER IRRIGATED AND RAINFED CULTIVATION IN TAMIL NADU

A. VIDHYAVATHI¹*, S. PADMA RANI², S. SIVASANKARI^3
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 002, Tamil Nadu India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 002, Tamil Nadu India
³Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641 002, Tamil Nadu India
* Corresponding Author : senthilvidhya_cbe@yahoo.co.in

Received : 04-06-2019     Accepted : 27-06-2019     Published : 30-06-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 12       Pages : 8658 - 8664
Int J Agr Sci 11.12 (2019):8658-8664

Keywords : Irrigated Farms, Rainfed Farms, Paddy, Resource Use Efficiency, Technical Efficiency
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Most of the increase in agricultural output over the years has taken place under irrigated conditions. As bringing more area under irrigated cultivation is constrained by availability of cultivable land and investment, it is the need of the hour for policy makers to plan in such a way that improved production for meeting future food grain demand should come from rainfed cultivation. The present study was aimed to estimate the resource use efficiency and technical efficiency of the irrigated and rainfed farms cultivating paddy. The efficiency ratio of human labour, fertilizers Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash was more than one as all these inputs were underutilized and for seed it was less than one which indicated that the resources were over utilized. The study indicated that both irrigated and rainfed farms were technically efficient. There will be opportunity for increasing the yield or income of the farms only by using the resources optimally and going for location specific technologies and varieties.

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