UMESH, K BLAVANYA, B T2016-10-272016-10-2730-03-14TH-1037http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/82444The study aimed at analysing the sugarcane cultivation under canal and bore well water use regimes and compare different aspects of sugarcane cultivation like cost and returns, resource use efficiency, externalities and reasons for cultivation of sugarcane between the two water use regimes. The study is based on primary data collected from forty farmers under each water use regime in K.R.Pet Taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka, India. The tabular method with frequencies, percentages and numbers, production function and opinion survey techniques were used to analyse the data collected for the study. The study revealed that per acre cost of cultivation was Rs.83934 in Canal Water Use Regime (CWUR) and Rs.80016 in Bore Well Water Use Regime (BWUR). The difference in total cost was mainly due to the difference in fertilizer, human labour and irrigation cost between the regimes. The net returns was realised more in CWUR because of higher yield. The resource use efficiency analysis revealed that area, fertilizer and labour were significant at five percent level in both the regimes. The negative externality was more pronounced in BWUR in the form of increased cost of cultivation due to higher irrigation cost, low output and failure of bore wells which was leading farmers to go for deepening of existing and additional bore wells resulting in further depletion of ground water. In spite of water shortage in BWUR farmers were cultivating sugarcane crop because of experience in cultivation, easy management, better variety, assured yield, better price, better marketing facilities and lack of alternative crops.enbreeds (animals), meat, livestock, alleles, locus, genetics, productivity, dna, sampling, quality controlsThesis