Economics of direct seeded and transplanted methods of rice production in Haryana

Abstract

Direct seeding is becoming an important alternative of rice transplanting and spreading rapidly in Haryana due to labour shortage and escalating cost of production. Present study is an attempt to analyze the economics of direct seeded and transplanted methods of rice cultivation in Haryana. It was revealed that the use of human labour, machine labour and irrigation water were saved by 13.16, 41.34, and 11.88 per cent, respectively, in direct seeded rice as compared to the transplanted method of rice production. The expenditure incurred on machine, irrigation and human labour was substantially lower by 41.34, 22.45 and 6.62 per cent, respectively, in direct seeded rice than transplanted method. Direct seeded rice technology enabled farmers to increase net return and save crucial inputs.