COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC VEGETABLE FARMING IN LOW HILL ZONE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
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2020-11
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NAUNI,UHF
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“Comparative Economic Analysis of Organic and Inorganic vegetables Organic Farming in Low
Hill Zone of Himachal Pradesh” was conducted during 2019-20. Simple random sampling design
was used to select the respondents from the randomly selected Amb block of Una district and Sadar
block of Bilaspur District. A sample of 100 farmers was selected. The selected farmers were classified
as marginal (<1 ha), small (1-2 ha) and medium (>2 ha). Both primary and secondary data were used
for the study. Socio – economic analysis of the farmers revealed an average size of 5.33 members
with a literacy rate of 86.50 per cent and an index of 2.34. Dependency ratio on the study area was
0.24. The cultivated land accounted for 98.25 per cent of total land holdings. A cropping intensity
of 191.97 per cent was found in the study area. Average numbers of cattle units were 2.32 of
which 63.53 per cent was cows. Cost analysis of inorganic and organic cultivation revealed that
output – input ratio in inorganic cultivation of cauliflowers was 1.89, whereas, in organic cauliflower
it was 2.15. Similarly, in case of organic pea this ratio (1.68) was higher compared to inorganic pea
(1.33).The output – input of organic potato (2.55) was higher than inorganic potato (2.20). In case of
organic tomato, output- input ratio was 2.98 compared to inorganic tomato (2.49), thus revealing
higher returns per rupee investment in organic cultivation of vegetable crops. Resource use efficiency
analysis of organic and inorganic cultivation of vegetable crops revealed that majority of inputs is
being underutilized. Thus their reallocation will result in enhanced production. However, in inorganic
cultivation of potato, plant protection was over utilized and in case of organic tomato, fertilizer was
over utilized. Major problems in the cultivation of vegetable crops in the area were high wage rate,
lack of organic certification, shortage of skilled labour and lack of knowledge.