Singh, H.N.Ganur, Praveen2018-08-272018-08-272017-06http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810069633Sugarcane is one of the most important commercial crops for Indian farmers and it is the main source of sugar. India is the second largest producer of sugarcane after Brazil with a world share of 17.85%. The Karnataka state accounts for the 11% share of the total sugarcane production of the country and ranks 3rd in both area and production at all India level. The aim of organic farming is to have an ecologically sustainable farm production. The present study was conducted in Belagavi district of Karnataka to study the resource structure of the organic and inorganic sugarcane growing farmers, to estimate the cost and returns of organic and inorganic sugarcane cultivation, to examine the resource use efficiency of organic and inorganic sugarcane cultivation and enumerate the problems of organic sugarcane farmers. A sample of 80 farmers comprising organic planted (20), inorganic planted (20), organic ratoon (20) and inorganic ratoon (20) were drawn from the district by using purposive sampling technique. Organic sugarcane farmers have been found middle-aged group, more educated and larger land holdings than the inorganic sugarcane farmers. The organic sugarcane farmers had well resource base in all kinds of farm inventory, farm machinery and livestock as compared to inorganic sugarcane farmers. The cost of cultivation of organic and inorganic planted sugarcane was Rs.1,55,550/ha and Rs.1,64,874/ha, respectively. The corresponding values for ratoon crop were Rs. 1,13,419/ha and Rs.1,20,874/ha. Net returns from organic sugarcane were higher than inorganic sugarcane. Net returns obtained from organic planted, organic ratoon, inorganic planted and inorganic ratoon sugarcane were Rs.1,89,450/ha, Rs.1,95,071/ha, Rs.1,73,660/ha and Rs.1,76,668/ ha, respectively. Therefore, the cultivation of organic sugarcane is more profitable than the cultivation of inorganic sugarcane in target area. The resource use efficiency analysis revealed that the resources are not optimally utilized in the cultivation of organic and inorganic sugarcane. It was observed that majority of the farmers expressed the problem of non availability of labour and exclusive market for the organic produce. The study suggests that efforts should be made towards the encouragement of the farmers to shift over from inorganic sugarcane farming to organic sugarcane farming.ennullThesis