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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 5
First page : (201) Last page : (205)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8324

Resource Use Efficiency of Sorghum and Maize in Namakkal District of Tamil Nadu

P. Bharathi^1* , A. Daniel Viswasam Samuel² and P. Masilamani^3
1Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College and Research Institute,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai
²Professor (Agrl Economics), Dept. of Social Sciences, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and
Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Trichy
³Dean, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Trichy
*Corresponding Author E-mail: danny_india_2004@yahoo.co.in
Received: 3.08.2020 | Revised: 14.09.2020 | Accepted: 21.09.2020 

 ABSTRACT

The study was carried out in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu with 87,403 hectares of area under sorghum and maize during the year 2018-2019. Namakkal district is famous for poultry farms as it is properly known as “Egg City”. Most of the farmers in this district cultivate sorghum and maize mainly for poultry feed. Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling technique was used to select the villages having major area under sorghum and maize. Thus, the samples of 80 farmers were chosen for the present study. Cobb-douglas production function was used in the present study to analyse the resource use efficiency. The results of the marginal value productivity analysis conclusively showed that other than farm yard manure, all the variables were used inefficiently in the maize and sorghum farms. . The major constraint in the cultivation of sorghum and maize was found to be higher labour cost, higher incidence of pest and diseases, high fertilizer cost and the high cost of seed.

Keywords: Probability Proportional to Size, Resource use efficiency, Marginal value productivity, Constraints.

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Cite this article: Bharathi, P., Samuel, A.D.V., & Masilamani, P. (2020). Resource Use Efficiency of Sorghum and Maize in Namakkal District of Tamil Nadu, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(5), 201-205. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8324