STUDY ON ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF TENANT FARMERS IN SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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dc.contributor.advisorSUNANDA, N
dc.contributor.authorJHANSI, YIRRI
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-14T05:47:11Z
dc.date.available2019-02-14T05:47:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionD5620en_US
dc.description.abstractIndian agriculture is predominantly characterized by small and marginal farmers, growing incidence of tenancy, landlessness, high degree of fragmentation and distribution of operated holdings, which have direct impact on farm production and rural household income. The high dependence of the population on agriculture is one of the main reasons for low size of land holding and for low per-capita income as well as high incidence of poverty among agricultural workers. Though all farmers had suffered because of this unprecedented calamity, tenant farmers faced an additional burden of very expensive interest component. They get no insurance cover too because they can submit no land document or other supporting evidence to become eligible for insurance. All these problems fully or partly affect the viability of tenant farmers in agriculture. The research study entitled “Study on Economic Viability of Tenant farmers in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh” was taken up with the following objectives. 1. to examine the existing pattern of tenancy in Srikakulam district 2. to analyze the resource use efficiency of tenant farming 3. to study the economic viability and factors affecting the viability of tenant farming and tenant farm households and 4. to identify the constraints faced by the tenant farmers. Srikakulam district was purposively selected for the research study due to the availability of more number of small and marginal farmers. A total of 120 tenant farmers from 12 villages in six mandals of the district were selected based on the Name of the Author : Y. JHANSI Title of the thesis : STUDY ON ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF TENANT FARMERS IN SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Degree : MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE Department : AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Chair person : Dr. N. SUNANDA University : ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Year of Submission : 2018 maximum concentration of tenant farmers in the study area. Data on various aspects of tenant farmers of 2016-17 agricultural year was collected through personal interview method. The secondary data on agro economic features of the district were collected from Chief planning Office, Department of agriculture and other agencies. For Rice the average cost of cultivation per ha was Rs.58,292, in case of Rice fallow pulses was Rs.21,333. For Rabi sesamum the cost of cultivation was Rs.29,660. For Maize the total cost of cultivation was Rs. 59,273. Rice, pulses, sesamum, maize are the major crops grown in the study area in that sesamum and maize are the most profitable crops among them. Fixed rent is the most prevailing tenancy pattern followed by fixed produce, share cropping and input sharing. In Rice all the resources used in cultivation i.e, machine labour, human labour, irrigation and manures, chemical fertilizers and plant protection chemicals were positively influencing and significant. Seed was the only non significant factor.In Rice fallow pulses seed was the only significant factor because it is major input for cultivation. Human labour, irrigation, plant protection chemicals and farm size were non significant. All the factors were positively influencing the returns except irrigation and plant protection chemicals. In Sesamum all the variables were positively signed except irrigation cost and seed cost which were negatively influencing the gross returns. Machine labour, farm size, irrigation were significant factors. In maize all the variables were positively signed except labour charges and plant protection chemicals. Labour charges, irrigation, chemical fertilizers are significant factors. Seed and plant protection chemicals were nonsignificant . In the sample of 120 farmers, there are 37 viable farmers and 83 non-viable farmers, the classification is based on the Tendulkar committee criteria i.e, if the annual farm income of the farmers is below Rs.51600 is considered for the classification of farmers above or below poverty line. The farmers whose income is below Rs.51600 were come under non viable class and above is taken as viable farmers.The average net income of the 120 tenant farmers is Rs.6607 which is very low. Without the off farm income i.e. from dairy and wages the net income is negative (-24434).Offfarm income, farm expenditure, farm size and domestic expenditure were the major significant factors effecting the viability of tenant farmers and tenant farm households. The major constrains faced by the respondents are LEC fail to serve the purpose of credit, Beneficiaries of the Government are the actual owners not tenant farmers, indebtedness, small size of the holding, timely unavailiability of the inputs. For ensuring viability of tenant farmers, creation of job opportunities in rural areas along with suitable policy support for development of livestock sector and other allied activities. Indebtedness is the major problem prevailing, as LEC cards are not accepted to provide the credit to the tenant farmers, the suitability of LEC cards for credit is only upto reports, but not in official gazette manner, which has to be amended by the Government. The benefits from the government are not reaching the tenant farmers, so there is a need for providing crop insurance schemes to the tenant farmers also.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810094959
dc.keywordsTENANT FARMERSen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAcharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural Universityen_US
dc.research.problemSTUDY ON ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF TENANT FARMERS IN SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESHen_US
dc.subAgricultural Economicsen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeSTUDY ON ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF TENANT FARMERS IN SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESHen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleSTUDY ON ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF TENANT FARMERS IN SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESHen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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