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Global Research Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences Vol. 4(1) pp.17-22, May 2011
Available online http://www.globalresearchjournals.org/journal/grjabs
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Case study
Allocative efficiency in paddy cultivation in the command area of Malampuzha river valley project, India.
PP Nikhil Raj and PA Azeez.
Environmental Impact Assessment Division,
Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)
Anaikatty (PO), Coimbatore – 641108, India
Ph: 91-422-2657103, Fax: 91-422-2657101
E-mail: ppnraj@gmail.com, azeezpa@gmail.com
| Abstract |
Efficiency studies have a vital role in agriculture since it helps us to assess the present status as well as to explore opportunities to improve the cropping pattern for better outputs. We present here the efficiency of resources utilization in rice cultivation in the command area of the Malampuzha river valley project (MRP), Kerala examined using a modified Cobb-Douglas production function approach. The data used were collected by a custom made questionnaire filled up by interviewing 99 farmers selected randomly from the command area. With respect to the productivity of the cultivation, area under cultivation (p< 0.001), and labour (p< 0.05) were two out of ten independent variables that were positive and statistically significant. Economic efficiency of resource used in farming in the study area suggest that the farm yard manure is under-utilized, while seed, tractor, labour, plant protection chemicals, fertilizers and harvest machine are over-utilized.
Key words: Rice cultivation, allocative efficiency, resource use efficiency, Cobb-Douglas function, Malampuzha river valley project.