International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 6
First page : (1316) Last page : (1322)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5676

Resource Use Efficiency in Different Rice Based Cropping Systems of Andhra Pradesh

J. Naipunya* and S. Rajeswari
Department of Agricultural Economics, S. V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517502. Andhra Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: juturu.punya@gmail.com
Received: 10.09.2017  |  Revised: 16.10.2017   |  Accepted: 19.10.2017  

 ABSTRACT

Rice is regarded as the first cultivated crop in Asia as well as important food crop of India. Primary data have been collected from the sample rice farms with the help of pretested scheduled through personal interview with respondent farmers. Resource use efficiency of individual farms has been estimated through Cobb-Douglas production function analysis. The functional analysis revealed that machinery power and fertilizer in paddy, human labour and fertilizer in cotton in cropping system-I was significantly contributed and in the case of cropping system-II human labour and machinery power in kharif paddy, human labour in rabi paddy significantly contributed to the increase in the crop yields and income. The seed in kharif paddy, machinery in rabi paddy negatively significant contributed to the decline in the crop yields and income. In cropping system-III human labour and fertilizer were significant in both kharif paddy and rabi paddy. Seed and fertilizer in case of Groundnut significantly contributed to the increase in the crop yields and income.

Key words: Resource use efficiency, Cobb-Douglas production function.

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Cite this article: Naipunya, J. and Rajeswari S., Resource Use Efficiency in Different Rice Based Cropping Systems of Andhra Pradesh, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(6): 1316-1322 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5676