ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CONVENTIONAL AND PAIRED ROW METHOD OF SUGARCANE CULTIVATION IN SOUTHERN DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA
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2023-03-14
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Abstract
The present study was initiated with the objective of analyzing the comparative economics of paired row Vs conventional method of sugarcane cultivation. The study was undertaken in Maddur and Malavalli taluks of Mandya district of Karnataka. The study is based on the primary data collected from 80 sample respondents, 40 paired row and 40 farmers practicing conventional method of sugarcane cultivation. Comparatively paired row method of sugarcane cultivation uses lesser human labour and bullock labour
and more machine labour while conventional method uses more of human labour and bullock labour and less of machine labour. The cost of cultivation of sugarcane in paired row method was higher (Rs.1,48,859/acre) compared to conventional method of sugarcane cultivation (Rs.1,35,525/acre) due to higher harvesting cost incurred in view of higher returns realized in paired row method. The higher yield realized in paired row method (80.05tonnes/acre) compared to (65.72tonnes/acre) conventional method was mainly due to adoption of wider spacing which expose the sugarcane to sunlight better resulted in higher millable cane yield. In view of higher yield realization, the cost of production in paired row method was lower (Rs.1,860/tonne) compared to conventional
method (Rs.2,862/tonne). Therefore, sugarcane growing farmers in Cauvery canal command area are advised to adopt paired row method due to its dual advantage in terms of enhancing income and savings in irrigation water to the tune of 57.66 and 20.66 per
cent, respectively. With this saved irrigation water, an additional 0.26 acres of sugarcane can be cultivated by the sample farmers.