COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS OF BANANA CULTIVATION AND ITS COMPETING CROPS IN HILLY ZONE OF KARNATAKA
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2017-08-16
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
The study was undertaken in Hilly Zone of Karnataka to analyse the dynamics of
banana area, production and prices along with cost and returns, resources use efficiency
and profitability of banana and its competing crops. Multistage random sampling
technique was employed to select the respondents. In total 200 banana growing farmers
and 100 consumer household were selected and required field data pertaining to the year
2015-16 was collected through personal interview. The secondary data was collected
from various published sources. The data were analysed using compound growth rate,
instability index, Cobb-Douglas production function, partial budgeting technique, Garrett
ranking technique and descriptive statistics. The results revealed that, growth in area,
production and productivity of banana in India, Karnataka and in the study area showed
significant positive growth for the period 2001-02 to 2015-16. Further, horticultural crops
showed positive trend compared to agricultural crops. The results of cost and returns of
banana and its competing crops revealed that, banana cultivation was profitable with per
ha net returns of Rs. 3,04,475 compared to its competing crops (Rs. 3,829 in paddy and
Rs. 1,18,598 in ginger). Resource use efficiency in banana production indicated that
sucker, FYM, chemical fertilizer and irrigation were the most productive inputs. The
study also showed that, there is a scope for reorganizing inputs usage of these were
departed from optimality as indicated by MVP:MFC ratio. Skin colour, price and taste
were the major factors that contributed for consumer preference for banana. Year round
availability, Price of banana, taste, religious festivals, health concern and nutritional
quality were the major factors influenced households to consume banana. Less labour
requirement, high profitability, regular demand and low pest and disease compared to its
competing crops were the major factors responsible for sustained banana production in
the study area.
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