S.B. HosamaniSangmesh R. Patil2016-11-102016-11-102011http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/85016Indian rural economy is basically considered to be a crop economy. Transplanted method is one of the recent developments contributing to the higher yields in pigeon pea cultivating areas of Northern Karnataka. The per hectare average yield of pigeonpea on transplanted farm (26.25 qtl/ha) was higher than that of conventional system of pigeonpea growers (15.25 qtl/ha). The cultivation of pigeon pea in transplanted method was found to be more profitable compared to conventional method. Total cost of cultivation in transplanted method and conventional method were Rs. 39,382.28 per hectare and Rs. 30,819.53 per hectare respectively. Net returns were found to be higher in the case of Transplanted system (Rs. 54,103.25/ha) than in conventional method (Rs. 25,562.78/ha). Resources were optimally used in transplanted system, whereas in the case of conventional system, resources were not used optimally. The coefficient of multiple determination (R2) was 0.72 and 0.69 for conventional and transplanted system of pigeonpea growers, respectively. Age, education, income level, area under pigeon pea, irrigation availability, extension contact and family labour availability were the factors influencing the adoption of transplanted system of pigeon pea. Among these, education of the farmer and his extension contact were found to be the major factors influencing the adoption of transplanted method of pigeonpea cultivation. Problems faced by the growers of pigeon pea were studied under bio-physical, socio-economic and other. Higher incidence of pests and diseases was a major biophysical problem while fluctuation in the prices of commodity and non-availability of required labour were the worth noting socio-economic and other problems, respectively.Agricultural EconomicsThesis