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Subject: Agricultural Economics × End date: 1999 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SILK REELING UNITS IN KARNATAKA
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 1999) KERUTAGI, M G; RANGANATHA SASTRY, K N
    "Karnataka is leading in mulberry silk production. The focus of the study was on economic analysis of silk reeling units. Multistage sampling procedure was adopted and totally 250 samples were selected. Relevant data collected from primary' and secondary sources were analysed through tabular, cluster, orthogonal polynomial regression, log-linear regression, frontier function and decomposition techniques. The growth analysis of charka and cottage basins in Karnataka showed an increasing trend upto 1996, then onwards showed a declining trend. Charka and cottage basins in Bangalore and Kolar districts exhibited constant increasing trend. Mysore district showed a unique pattern of declining trend in the later part of 1990s. Renditta was 8.82, 9.57 and 9.02 kg in charka, cottage and multi-end basins respectively. The share of cocoon cost to the total cost was 85 percent in these systems. Sources of fuel used in reeling were neither eco-friendly nor cost-effective. Net returns per kg of silk reeled were Rs.47,21, Rs. 146.18 and Rs. 185.28 in these systems, respectively. Medium charkas (4-5/unit) and cottage basins (6-8/unit) were found optimum. The proportion of women labour used was more in all the systems. Labour employed per kg of silk reeled was 1.07, 1.45 and 1.34 man-days in charka, cottage and multi-end basins, respectively. The value addition (72.18%) in cottage basin reeUng over charkas was mainly due to technique of reeling (57.56%) and the remaining attributed for the use of inputs (14.62%). The package for introduction of silk reeling in new sericulture area suffers from lack of skilled labour, infrastructure, financial support and correct information about the programmes. The conditions under which children worked were most pathetic. Present laws and their efficiency of implementation have not solved the problem of child and women labour exploitation, hence needs the thorough investigation."
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    ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF GULBARGA MILK UNION, KARNATAKA STATE
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 1999) PATIL, SURESH S; HIREMATH, G K
    The present study aimed at the economic evaluation of units and performance of Gulbarga Milk Union operating in and Gulbarga districts of Karnataka State. A multisampling technique was employed in the selection of dist: taluks, villages and target groups for the study. The population of cows and buffaloes in Bidar and Gu: districts grew at 0.85 and 3.65 per cent for cows and 8.2.' 3.16 per cent for buffaloes respectively, from 1951 to indicating a scope for dairy activities. In general, sample dairy owners had an average of 3.0 animals comprising of 28.53 per cent crossbred cows 20.7; cent local cows and 50.75 per cent buffaloes. The net retu: in tne high milk producing group \Rs.ll,806/-) followed by medium (Rs.8287/-) and low dairy group (Rs.7315/-). the benefit cost ratio was the highest from the crossbred cows ,(1.99)followed by local cows (1.74) and buffaloes (1.71). Taluks of Bidar and Gulbarga districts were clustered into regions of potential and market driven dairy development based on reainfall, irrigation, fallow land, intensity of cropping ar.d the extent of industrialization. The per liter cost of milk production was Rs.4.74 in crossbred cow, Rs.6.39 in local ccw and Rs.6.54 in buffaloes. The corresponding net returns were Rs.0.62, 1.32 and 0.55 per litre of milk. The performance of the dairy unit is judged by the important parameters viz., the number of crossbred cows, milk productivity, grazing land, area under fodder, availability of green fodder concentrates and under veterinary services in all the groups which was revealed by the principal component analysis. Financial ratio analysis indicated that the milk union head not performed well on account of the increase in liability due to investment in fixed assets, low rate of liquidity lower networth position and declining trend in profitability over time, of state of poor performance of the union was reflected in terms of the problems faced by the union in poor resource management, low infrastructural facilities, low capacity utilization due to high fluctuation in the milk procurement, high procurement cost, high overhead cost and cutthroat competition from the private milk agencies. The important policy measures suggested were to increase operational efficiency to reduce cost, strengthening dairy cooperatives, improve capacity utilization of dairy plants and prompt delivery system of milk to consumers.
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    DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURAL INTERDEPENDENCE AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA An Analysis in Input-Output Framework
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 1993) Suryaprakash, S; Srinivasa Gowda, M V
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    YIELD GAPS AND CONSTRAINTS IN PRODUCTION OF MAJOR CROPS IN NORTH KARNATAKA - AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 1999) GADDI, GANGAPPA M; MUNDINAMANI, S M
    The present study was conducted to ascertain the yield gaps and constraints in the production of jowar, groundnut arid cotton in north Kamataka. Primary data from 240 sample farmers and secondary data from concerned research station were collected for the agricultural year 1996-97. Tabular, Cobb-Douglas and Frontier production function, Path and Decomposition Analyses were used for the analysis of data. The index of yield gap worked out to be 58.83 per cent, 57.43 per cent and 56.55 per cent for jowar, groundnut and cotton, respectively. Nearly 70 per cent of potential farm yield in jowar and groundnut and 65 per cent of the potential farm yield in cotton was realised by the sample farmers. The significance of the dummy (technique of production) coefficients confirmed the structural difference in the production surfaces between the demonstration plots and the farmers field. Path analysis revealed that input gaps have a high degree of association with the yield gaps. Plant nutrient excerted the maximum direct effect on the observed yield gap in jowar and groundnut, whereas, it was human labour in cotton. Decomposition analysis also showed that difference in cultural practices between farmers field and demonstration plots was the major contributing factor to the yield gap in jowar (21.42%) and cotton (27.79%), while input gap contributed for the highest share in groundnut (18.58%). Among the various inputs, plant nutrient (jowar and groundnut) and human labour (cotton) accounted for the major portion of the yield gaps. In the study area jowar sample fanners achieved about 70 percent frontier output, whereas, slightly greater (80%) efficiency was recorded by groundnut and cotton sample farmers. The Kopp measure of allocative efficiency analysis showed a very high degree of inefficiency in the use of resources for all the three crops. The resource use efficiency analysis revealed that profitability ratio, for most of the crops differed from unity. Thus there is a need for reallocation of expenditure among different resources so as to optimise the crop production.
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    ROLE OF NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS IN THE TRIBAL ECONOMY — An economic study in western ghats region of Karnataka
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BANGALORE, 1998) Girish, M R; Suryaprakash, S
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