COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC VEGETABLE FARMING IN MID 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 Vegetable of Organic and Inorganic Vegetable Farming in Mid
Hill Zone of Himachal Pradesh” was conducted during 2019-20. Simple random sampling design
was used to select the respondents from the randomly selected Dharampur and Gopalpur blocks of
Mandi district. A sample of 100 farmers were selected. The selected farmers were classified as
marginal (<1 ha) and small (1-2 ha). Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Socio
– economic analysis of the farmers revealed an average size of 4.26 members with a literacy rate of
97.54 per cent and an index of 3.91.Dependency ratio on the study area was 0.18. The cultivated land
accounted for 90.34 per cent of total land holdings and 10.90 per cent of the total land holdings was
under vegetable crops. A cropping intensity of 176.16 per cent was found in the study area. Average
number of cattle units were 2.16 of which 37.33 per cent were buffaloes. Cost analysis of inorganic
and organic cultivation revealed that output – input ratio in inorganic cultivation of cauliflowers was
1.71, whereas, in organic cauliflower it was 2.27. Similarly, in case of organic pea this ratio (2.59)
was higher compared to inorganic pea (1.96).The output – input of organic potato (2.56) was higher
than inorganic potato (1.98). In case of organic tomato, output- input ratio was 2.65 compared to
inorganic tomato (1.95), 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 are being underutilized. Thus their reallocation will result in
enhanced production. However, in inorganic cultivation of potato labour was overutilised. Major
problems in the cultivation of vegetable crops in the area were high wage rate, lack of organic
certification and shortage of skilled labour.