Comparative profitability analysis with resource use efficiency of sugarcane-based intercropping systems in Haryana: 24498
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https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED-24498
Author: Jinkle, Veer Sainand Jitender Kumar Bhatia
Author Address: College of Agriculture, Kaul, Kaithal, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar–125004 (Haryana)
Abstract
Agriculture is a vital sector of the Indian economy; its contribution to
GDP has been steadily declining due to the improper use of resources,
particularly irrigation.An investigation was undertaken to assess resource-use
efficiency for the sugarcane intercropping system, including sugarcane as a
sole crop (CS-I), sugarcane + wheat (CS-II), sugarcane + mustard (CS-III), and
sugarcane + vegetables (CS-IVa+b), in the Jagadhari and Radaur blocks of
Yamunanagar district, Haryana. From each block, 30 farmers were selected by
multistage random sampling and a total of 60 farmers were interviewed to
extract all desired information.The Cobb-Douglas production function technique
was employed to determine resource-use efficiency across different Sugarcane intercropping
systems. Human and machine labour (CS-I); human labour and fertiliser (CS-II);
human labour and plant protection chemicals (CS-III); human labour,
machine labour and seed (CS-IVa), and human labour,
machine labour and seed (CS-IVb) were underutilised. In contrast,
plant protection (CS-I), seed (CS-II), (CS-III), (CS-IVa) and irrigation
(CS-IVb) were overutilised. These results indicated that maximising returns could
be achieved by more effectively using these inputs from sugarcane intercropping
systems.
Keywords: Cobb-Douglas,
cost, marginal value products, resource use efficiency.
JEL Codes: M31, Z33, D24, L11
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Indian Journal of Economics and Development
https://doi.org/10.35716/IJED-24498
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