CHARACTERIZATION OF PADDY PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT IN HILLY AREA OF ALMORA DISTRICT: A MICRO-ECONOMIC EVIDENCE OF UTTARAKHAND, INDIA

S.V. SINGH¹*, N. BARKER², J.K. SINGH³, J. SINGH^4
1Department of Agricultural Economics, S. H. University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, S. H. University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Department of Agricultural Economics, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263145, Uttarakhand, India
⁴Department of Agricultural Economics, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263145, Uttarakhand, India
* Corresponding Author : shaktivardhan007@gmail.com

Received : 01-07-2020     Accepted : 09-07-2020     Published : 15-07-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 13       Pages : 10019 - 10023
Int J Agr Sci 12.13 (2020):10019-10023

Keywords : Environment, Terrace, Valleys, Net returns, Characterization
Academic Editor : Ammayappan L., Reddypriya P., P. V. Jadhav, Mondal Biswajit, Dr A D Kalola
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economics, S. H. University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Objective of this study to characterize paddy production environments in hill. The productivity of paddy is not only lower but also stagnated from several years in the hills. To understanding the production practices of paddy cultivation, primary data of 60 randomly selected households from two villages namely: Adhuria and Balai from Almora district were collected for detailed analysis. The operational holding size is usually very small in the hills, therefore, the farmers having 10-20 and 20-40 nali cultivated land were classified as marginal and small, respectively. Descriptive statistics were applied for data analysis. Paddy was the major cereal in the surveyed area during kharif season and it accounts 47.66 and 58.13% area to total cropped area in terraces and valleys, respectively. The study was initiated to characterize physical and bio-physical conditions, households, cropping pattern, farming systems, input use in production practices and detailed cost and return analysis of two distinct paddy growing environments as terraces and valleys. The causes of low productivity of paddy is discussed in detail in this paper. There is need to design suitable policy and technological interventions for improvement in yield and profitability of paddy cultivation in hills.

1. Afolami C.A., Obayelu A.E., Agbonlahor M.U. and Lawal-Adebowale O.A. (2012) J. Agril. Sci., 4(4), 233-244.
2. Krishna V.V. (2001) M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.
3. Lal S. (1987a) Increasing Rice Production under Rain fed Low-land situation, New Delhi, 12.
4. Lakra N., Gauraha A.K. and Banafar K.N.S. (2017) International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 108-115.
5. Richard P.V. and Radha D.S. (2017) International Journal of Current Advanced Research, 6(8), 5246-5249.
6. Saha A. (2004) Determinants of adoption HYV rice in West Bengal. K.P. Bagchi and company, 170-200.
7. Singh H.N., Bisht M.S., Singh J. and Singh S.P. (2012) Agricultural Situation in India, 69(6), 317 - 325.
8. Singh H.N., Pandey S. and Lapitan A. (2006) Proceedings of the 2nd IRC 2006, held in New Delhi India during October 9-13, 2006, 135.
9. Singh H.N., Singh S., Singh U.S., Singh J., Zaidi N.W. and Mohanty S. (2013) Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 12 (3), 472 - 477.