ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUGARCANE CULTIVATION UNDER CANAL AND BORE WELL WATER USE REGIMES
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30-03-14
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The study aimed at analysing the sugarcane cultivation under
canal and bore well water use regimes and compare different aspects of
sugarcane cultivation like cost and returns, resource use efficiency,
externalities and reasons for cultivation of sugarcane between the two
water use regimes. The study is based on primary data collected from
forty farmers under each water use regime in K.R.Pet Taluk of Mandya
district, Karnataka, India. The tabular method with frequencies,
percentages and numbers, production function and opinion survey
techniques were used to analyse the data collected for the study. The
study revealed that per acre cost of cultivation was Rs.83934 in Canal
Water Use Regime (CWUR) and Rs.80016 in Bore Well Water Use Regime
(BWUR). The difference in total cost was mainly due to the difference in
fertilizer, human labour and irrigation cost between the regimes. The net
returns was realised more in CWUR because of higher yield. The
resource use efficiency analysis revealed that area, fertilizer and labour
were significant at five percent level in both the regimes. The negative
externality was more pronounced in BWUR in the form of increased cost
of cultivation due to higher irrigation cost, low output and failure of bore
wells which was leading farmers to go for deepening of existing and
additional bore wells resulting in further depletion of ground water. In
spite of water shortage in BWUR farmers were cultivating sugarcane crop
because of experience in cultivation, easy management, better variety,
assured yield, better price, better marketing facilities and lack of
alternative crops.
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breeds (animals), meat, livestock, alleles, locus, genetics, productivity, dna, sampling, quality controls