Economic analysis of paddy straw management in Punjab
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2021
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Abstract
The study has been conducted to undertake economic analysis of paddy straw management in
in Ludhiana and Mansa districts of the Punjab state during the year 2019-20. A sample of 80
farmers growing paddy and using various methods of paddy straw management viz. in-situ
burning, partial burning and non-burning using different technologies was taken for the study.
Comparatively a higher proportion of farmers belonging to age group of 31-50 years adopted
non-burning techniques than the farmers belonging to the age group of more than 50 years,
most of the educated respondents were found to be adopting non-burning method of paddy
straw management. While a large proportion of illiterate farmers burnt their paddy straw. The
study brought out that adoption of non-burning method was directly related to the farm size
where majority of the farmers with land size of more than 10 hectares adopt non-burning
method and farmers with land size less than 2 hectares burnt the paddy straw. The study
highlighted that 65 per cent of the total farmers used hired tractor along with implements for
paddy straw management. Straw incorporation and removal technique were found a little bit
costlier, while straw retention technique showed savings in the cost as well as better returns.
Shortage of skilled labour, difficulty in sowing and expensive implements were the major
problems faced by the respondents in managing paddy straw. Field trainings, method
demonstrations and extension contacts for the farmers may help in upgrading skills of the
labour. The cultivation of long duration varieties of paddy, result in enormous amount of
paddy straw and should be avoided to reduce the difficulty in sowing of next crop. Better
custom hiring services and compensation for not burning paddy straw would help to decrease
the burden of high investment in paddy straw management among farmers and checking the
negative effects of straw burning.
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Gurinderpal Singh (2021). Economic analysis of paddy straw management in Punjab (Unpublished M.Sc. thesis). Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.