Vol. 8, Special Issue 5 (2020)
Economic impact of improved Adsali sugarcane production technology in Maharashtra
Author(s): Dr. BH Kamble, Dr. VG Pokharkar, KP Bhagwat and Dr. SV Bhujbal
Abstract: Sugar is the largest agro based industry after textile. In Maharashtra, the proportionate share of sugarcane area is about 5 per cent of the gross cropped area. This paper highlights to assess the impact of sugarcane production technologies, resource use productivity and resource use efficiency, cost effectiveness and decomposition of productivity gain in Adsali sugarcane cultivation in different recovery zones of the Maharashtra State. This investigation is based on the primary data collected from 270 sample cultivators spread over three sugarcane recovery zones. A specially designed questionnaire was prepared for the year 2012-13 and sample farmers were personally interviewed.
The technologies viz; soil type, proper seed rate, management of irrigation, use of N, P and K were adopted more in all the recovery zones. And the technologies regarding preparatory tillage, use of manures, seed selection, use of micronutrients and seed treatment were used at low level in all the recovery zones. The nine resource variables included in the production function analysis have jointly explained 76, 74 and 73 percent of the total variation in the yield of low, medium and high technology adopters, respectively. The variables like use of human labour, manures and technology adoption index are positive and significant indicating these are the important inputs to which output was highly responsive. The ICBR ratio indicates that the high adopter farmers were in profit than medium and low adopters. The decomposition analysis inferred that the high adopters were not able to consolidate the technology gain.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i5c.10459
Pages: 135-140 | 611 Views 122 Downloads
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Dr. BH Kamble, Dr. VG Pokharkar, KP Bhagwat and Dr. SV Bhujbal. Economic impact of improved Adsali sugarcane production technology in Maharashtra. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2020; 8(5): 135-140. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i5c.10459
