CONTRACT FARMING IN HYBRID VEGETABLE SEED PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN KARNATAKA-AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
| dc.contributor.advisor | S. B. HOSAMANI | |
| dc.contributor.author | ASHOK KUMAR, H. A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-20T07:16:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-20T07:16:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-08-29 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Contract farming can be described as half-way house between farm production and corporate farming. It involves contractual relation between farmers and central processing or exporting unit/firms. Seed is a vital input and dynamic instrument for increasing agricultural production. The study analyzed the costs, returns, production efficiency and modus operandi of private seed firms in hybrid vegetable seed producing taluks viz., Ranebennur, Hirekerur and Byadagi in Haveri district of Karnataka The primaiy data were collected (during 2004-05) from 120 seed growers comprising 30 each for tomato, brinjal, okra and ridge gourd from private seed firms. The data subjected to Cobb-Douglas and frontier production function analysis besides tabular presentation. The results revealed per acre seed production cost estimated to be Rs. 54893, Rs. 36688, Rs. 29288 and Rs. 35868 in tomato, brinjal, okra and ridge gourd, respectively. The per acre yields of seed obtained were 78, 302, 298 and 140 kgs in tomato, brinjal, okra and ridge gourd seed growers group. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | TH8648 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810103913 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 212 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore | en_US |
| dc.sub | Agricultural Economics | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | CONTRACT FARMING IN HYBRID VEGETABLE SEED PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN KARNATAKA-AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | CONTRACT FARMING IN HYBRID VEGETABLE SEED PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN KARNATAKA-AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |