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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TRIBAL AGRICULTURE IN TELANGANA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH

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Title AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TRIBAL AGRICULTURE IN TELANGANA REGION OF ANDHRA PRADESH
 
Creator PAVANKALYAN, V.
 
Contributor VASUDEV, N.
 
Subject fruits, cucumbers, developmental stages, yields, biological phenomena, genetics, crossing over, heterosis, genotypes, hybrids
TRIBAL AGRICULTURE, TELANGANA REGION
 
Description Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. The Govt. of India
Established 4 ITDAs in Telangana region of Andhrapradesh. These are 1. Eturnagaram,
Warangal (dist) 2. Badrachalam, Khammam (dist) 3. Utnoor, Adilabad (dist) 4.
Srisailam, Mahabubnagar(dist). For the purpose of present study, two ITDAs. Viz.,
Eturnagaram, Warangal (Dist) and Bhadrachalam, khammam(Dist) were selected.
Warangal district has considerable tribal population of about 7.99 lakhs
distributed over 783 villages and Khammam district too has considerable tribal
population of about 11.44 lakhs distributed over 734 villages. Integrated Tribal
Development Agency (ITDA) has been operating in both the districts for more than 30
years and implemented several developmental programmes. Therefore Warangal and
Khammam districts are selected for the study.
The present study was undertaken in Warangal and Khammam districts to
assess the cropping pattern, land development, irrigation facilities, financial aspects,
cost of cultivation aspects, income and employment and other special incentives. The
main objectives of the study are:
1. To estimate the costs and returns in tribal farming.
2. To assess the resource use efficiency in tribal farming
3. To study the problems and provide suggestions for improving the tribal agriculture.
Among the two districts 6 mandals were selected which are having the high
number of the tribal farmers to the total number of farmers. Again from each mandal, 2
villages were selected randomly. In each village 9 farmers were selected. Since both
the selected districts were implementing the Integrated Tribal Development
Programmes, a random sample of 108 tribal farmers was selected.
The average size of the farm family in Khammam and Warangal district is
about 5 members of tribal farms. Uneven distribution of land holding was observed.
However, their assets are associated with increase in farm size in both districts. This is a
reflection of positive impact of ITDA finance on assets formation on tribal farms.
As per the cropping pattern in Khammam districts, cotton was the predominant
crop followed by maize, paddy and ground nut crop. Where as in Warangal district
paddy was the predominant crop followed by maize, cotton and ground nut crop. The
gross cropped area (32.41, 37.36) in Khammam and Warangal district and cropping
intensity has positive relationship with farm size.
It was observed that human labour employment per hectare for all the crops
were high on Khammam district compared to the Warangal district. The size of human
labour was inversely proportional to the farm size. The cattle labour utilization is more
on small tribal farms compared to other farms in both districts.
In general, the cost of cultivation per hectare for for all the crops was more in
ITDA Khammam district tribal farms compared to ITDA Warangal district tribal farms.
This was due to the ITDA efforts reflected in intensive cultivation, growing of high
yielding varieties, utilization of inputs like chemical fertilizers, seed, plant protection
chemicals etc.
The yields and gross returns from crop enterprises were higher in Khammam
district tribal farms compared to Warangal district tribal farms. The same trend was
observed in case of income measures like net income, family labour income, farm
business income and farm investment income.
The results of functional analysis clearly indicated that there was significant use
of machine labour, bullock labour, manures and fertilizers and plant protection
chemicals. Further, the ratio of marginal value products to opportunity cost indicated a
high degree of resource-use inefficiency and the scope for reorganization for resources
so as to obtain maximum returns on tribal farms.
From the opinion survey, according to Garret ranking method it is revealed that
the Integrated Tribal Development Programmes were useful in increasing the
production and productivity of the farms. This was clearly exhibited in the socioeconomic
development gained by the tribals.
The increasing of quantum of financial assistance, strengthening of existing
extension facilities, increasing the availability of technical know-how, providing
marketing facilities and preparing need based developmental plans in the region were
suggested or made policy suggestions, emerging from the study.
 
Date 2016-06-10T11:40:11Z
2016-06-10T11:40:11Z
2013
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67159
 
Language en
 
Relation ;D9287
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY