An Economic Analysis of Rice Cultivation in Bundi District of Rajasthan

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dc.contributor.advisorShekhawat, P.S.
dc.contributor.authorGoyal, Kavita
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-01T13:58:49Z
dc.date.available2024-05-01T13:58:49Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe present study entitled “An Economic Analysis of Rice Cultivation in Bundi District of Rajasthan has been undertaken with aims of study the growth rates in area, production and productivity of rice in Bundi district and in Rajasthan state, cost of cultivation of rice and identify the problems faced by the cultivators in production of the rice. Bundi district comprises of five tehsils. Out of which, two tehsils, namely Bundi and Talera were selected purposively on the basis of highest area under rice cultivation in Bundi district. Total four villages namely Khelera, Jamitpura from Bundi tehsil, and Ramgang and Dolera from Talera tehsil were selected randomly. Finally, eighty rice cultivators were selected randomly. Both primary and secondary data were used in this study. Information about the inputs used in cultivation and returns obtained from output of rice cultivation in both physical and monetary terms was collected for the kharif season-2021. The secondary data on area, production and productivity of rice for Bundi district as well as Rajasthan state were collected from Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmer Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India for a period oftwenty years (i.e.,2000-01 to 2019-2). Data were submitted to various techniques and tools for drawing the results and relevant conclusions. Analysis of growth rates revealed that the semi-log growth function was found best fitted model in this analysis. The results of the analysis revealed that the growth rates in area, production and productivity of the rice in Bundi district for the period 2000-01 to 2019-20 were positive at the rate of 3.36, 6.03 and 2.58 per cent per annum, respectively. On other hand, growth rates in area, production and productivity of rice in Rajasthan state as a whole registered positive growth at rate of 1.46, 3.33 and 1.84 per cent per annum in area, production and productivity of rice for the period 2000-01 to 2019-20, respectively. Analysis of utilization of inputs in rice cultivation indicated that, among the farm size groups, total human labour utilized in rice cultivation per hectare was 28,33,34 and 37man days on small, semi-medium, medium and large farms, respectively. It was observed that utilization of total human labour had positive relationship with the size of farm holdings. It was also noticed that the family labour utilization was found negative relationship with the farm size holdings, while the hired human labour utilization had positive relationship with the size of farm holdings The study on input-wise cost of rice cultivation was revealed that, on an average, per hectare total cost of rice cultivation was estimated at ₹ 56307.00. Out of which, operational costs were ₹ 34438.07 per hectare (i.e., 61.16 per cent of total costs) and fixed costs were ₹ 1022.66 per hectare (i.e., 38.84 per cent of total costs). Among the farm size groups, the total cost of rice cultivation was calculated at ₹ 51544.52, ₹ 56458.75, ₹ 57295.13 and ₹ 59929.60 per hectare on small, semi-medium, medium and large farms, respectively. It was also observed that total cost of rice cultivation was increased with increase in the size of farm holdings. On an average, per hectare total human labour cost of rice cultivation was found to be ₹ 9865.65 (i.e.,17.52 per cent of total cost). The overall rental value of owned land was observed to be ₹ 19119.19 per hectare which accounted for 33.96 per cent of total cost. Thus, it had highest share in total cost of rice cultivation Analysis of cost groups indicated that among different size group of farms, cost C2 was lowest (i.e., ₹ 51544.52 per hectare) for small farms and highest (i.e., ₹ 59929.60 per hectare) for large farms. The overall cost C2 was found to be ₹ 56307.00 per hectare. The results of study depicted that the gross incomes from rice cultivation per hectare was found highest on small farms and lowest on large farms. The overall gross incomes obtained from rice cultivation were ₹76772.98 per hectare. On an average, net incomes earned from cultivation of rice were ₹20465.97. It was also observed that per hectare farm business incomes from cultivation of rice had negative relationship with the size of farm holdings. On an average, the obtained farm business incomes were ₹ 43477.89 per hectare. The overall family labour incomes earned from rice cultivation were estimated at ₹23336.04 per hectare. On an average, returns per rupee were ₹1.37. It was also observed that the per hectare cost of production per quintal of rice ranged from ₹ 1585.99 on small sized farms to ₹ 2045.38 on large sized farms with an overall average of ₹ 1843.67. The analysis of problem faced by rice cultivators revealed that, amongst the technical problems, improper (more and less water) management about irrigation was the most severe problem being faced by the selected farmers which ranked first (i.e., mean score of 74.26). It was concluded that the high cost of labour at the time of planting of seedlings (mean score 75.04) was found prime problems among the input problems in the study area. In case of miscellaneous problems, high incidence of insects-pests and diseases (mean score of 61.46) was the major constraints faced by the respondents in the study area.
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810208547
dc.keywordsAn Economic Analysis
dc.keywordsAnalysis of Rice Cultivation
dc.keywordsRice Cultivation in Bundi District of Rajasthan
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.research.problemAn Economic Analysis of Rice Cultivation in Bundi District of Rajasthan
dc.subAgricultural Economics
dc.themeAn Economic Analysis of Rice Cultivation in Bundi District of Rajasthan
dc.these.typeM.Sc
dc.titleAn Economic Analysis of Rice Cultivation in Bundi District of Rajasthan
dc.typeThesis
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