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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RAINFED FARMING IN ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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Title AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RAINFED FARMING IN ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Creator SHIREESHA, M
 
Contributor NEELAKANTA SASTRY, T.V
 
Subject costs, manpower, productivity, groundnuts, tillage equipment, crops, economics, land resources, livestock, sowing
 
Description The present study entitled “An Economic Analysis of Rainfed Farming in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh” was intended to examine costs and returns, resource productivity and allocative efficiency in the cultivation of rainfed crops. The study covered three mandals and six villages. A sample of 90 farmers was selected at random from the six villages. The primary data for the year 2010-2011 were collected through a pretested schedule by survey method. Conventional and functional analyses were used to analyze the data and to arrive at valid conclusions.
The cost of cultivation of groundnut, red gram and sunflower was estimated at Rs.28,041.06, Rs.20,603.31 and Rs.21,556.62 per hectare respectively. The cost of cultivation was highest in the case of groundnut followed by sunflower and redgram.
On an average, the selected farmers produced 13.5 quintals of groundnut, 10.89 quintals of redgram and 11.25 quintals of sunflower.
The findings of the study indicated that sample farmers incurred Rs.2,077.11, Rs.1,891.94, Rs.1,916.13 for producing a quintal of groundnut, red gram and sunflower respectively. The cost of production was highest in groundnut followed by sunflower and redgram.
The gross and net returns per hectare of groundnut, redgram and sunflower were Rs.38,412.50 and Rs.10,371.44, Rs.28,858.50 and Rs.8,255.19 and Rs.32,062.50 and Rs.10,505.88 respectively.It is interesting to note that the net income per rupee of expenditure was highest in the cultivation of sunflower (Re.0.49) followed by redgram (Re.0.40) and groundnut (Re.0.36).
The functional analysis revealed that seeds and manures in groundnut and sunflower, human labour and cattle labour in red gram significantly contributed to the increase in the yields. The MVP to MFC ratio was greater than unity for manures in groundnut and sunflower, for cattle labour in redgram indicating greater potentiality for further use
 
Date 2016-06-16T15:09:01Z
2016-06-16T15:09:01Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67476
 
Language en
 
Relation D9335;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY