An economic analysis of cotton cultivation under drip and conventional irrigation methods in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra
| dc.contributor.advisor | Singh, Virendra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amrutrao, Mandlik Jugal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-22T09:17:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-22T09:17:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cotton, The White Gold and The King of Fibers enjoys a predominant position among the cash crops in India and plays a vital role in the country’s economic growth. India ranks 1st and 2nd in terms of area (122 lakh ha) and production (347 lakh bales) of cotton in the world, respectively. Maharashtra is the leading cotton producing state of India with the area of 40 lakh ha under cotton cultivation and a production of 82 lakh ha. But it lags much behind in term of productivity (379 kg per ha), which is far below the national average productivity of 482 kg per ha. It is known that the scope of expansion of area under cotton crop is almost exhausted. In this context the only way of increasing production is by increasing the productivity per unit area. The present study was conducted in Jalgaon, the highest cotton producing and drip using district of Maharashtra, with the objectives to examine the socio-economic status, estimate the costs and returns, resource use efficiency, identify and rank the constraints faced by farmers in adoption and non-adoption of drip system. A multistage sampling was followed to select farmers from four villages of Chopda and Erundol taluka falling in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. A list of all cotton growers were prepared for each selected villages. Then the farmers were classified into medium and large categories. Five farmers of each category cultivating cotton using drip irrigation method and conventional irrigation method were picked-up randomly from each list. Thus a sample of 80 farmers (40 each farmers growing cotton using drip and conventional irrigation method) was drawn. Simple statistical tools were used to examine the socio-economic status. To study the costs and returns in cotton cultivation using drip and conventional irrigation methods, cost concept as given by CACP were employed. To analyses resource use efficiency Cobb-Douglass production function was estimated separately for each type of cotton farming and categories of farmers. Garrett ranking technique was employed to identify and rank the constraints faced by farmers in adoption and non adoption of drip system. The results revealed, that at aggregate level average family size of famers using drip method (4.70) was smaller than those using conventional method (5.25), at aggregate level in cotton cultivation. Most of the farmers using drip method were in the middle age group whereas those using conventional irrigation method were in the old age group. The most of 87.50 per cent farmers growing cotton with drip irrigation method were having education above high school level whereas 60 per cent farmers growing cotton using conventional irrigation method were having education below high school level or were illiterate. Average annual income (2.83 lakh) and cropping intensity (154.96 per cent) of farmers using drip were higher than those using conventional irrigation method. The investment made by farmers using drip method (Rs.59129 per farm) on farm buildings was higher than those using conventional irrigation method (Rs.35475 per farm). Also the investment made on farm machinery and equipment on farms using drip (Rs. 674683 per farm) was higher using conventional irrigation method (Rs.281813 per farm). Human labour, machine power, seed quantity and irrigation water were used more efficiently on farms drip method as compare to those using conventional irrigation method. At aggregate level total cost of cotton cultivation at farms using drip irrigation method (Cost C3) was estimated to be Rs. 66531 per ha whereas the same was estimated to be Rs. 66355 per ha on farms using conventional irrigation method. Per hectare net returns over cost C3 at aggregate level of farms growing cotton with drip irrigation method were estimated to be Rs. 36509 per ha while the same, on the farms growing cotton with conventional irrigation method were estimated to be Rs.26907 per ha. Production elasticities and marginal value productivities of seed quantity, irrigation water and human labour in cotton cultivation on farms using drip method indicate suboptimal utilization of the these resources, whereas, the production elasticites and marginal value productivities of human labour and draft power in cotton cultivation on farms using conventional irrigation method indicate suboptimal use these resources. The most severe constraints in adoption of drip irrigation method was lack of skills for maintenance of drip irrigation system with garret score 67 of while other important constraint were non-uniform or less discharge through dipper per inline (score 66) and high operational and maintenance cost of drip irrigation system. The major constraints faced by farmers in non-adoption of drip irrigation method were; lack of knowledge about drip irrigation (score 68), very high cost of drip irrigation and high operational and maintenance cost of drip system (score 63). The study revealed the superiority of the drip irrigation method over conventional method in cotton cultivation. Therefore, there is need to popularize the wider adoption of drip irrigation method in cotton cultivation. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810081853 | |
| dc.keywords | economic analysis, cotton, trickle irrigation, Maharashtra | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 145 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand) | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | Cotton | en_US |
| dc.sub | Agricultural Economics | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | Irrigation | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | An economic analysis of cotton cultivation under drip and conventional irrigation methods in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |