The study investigated the technical efficiency and allocative efficiency of brinjal farm in Bilaspir district of Chhattisgarh, using a stochastic frontier production function. Pre-tested questionnaires were used to collect the primary data from 154 randomly selected respondents. The study revealed return to scale on brinjal farm positive and less than unity as 0.58 which indicated that brinjal production in stage two of the production surface. The stochastic frontier analysis showed that 22.3 per cent of the variation in brinjal output attributed to technical efficiencies differences among the production units. About 77.7 per cent of the variation in output was due to random factors such as unfavourable weather, water scarcity, pest and disease attack and other factors outside the control of producer including errors in data collection and aggregation. The mean technical efficiency of the pooled sample accounted to be 96.1 per cent. Allocative efficiency in production of brinjal was not optimum as input variables were either under utilized or over utilized. Allocative efficiency of labour in brinjal production seed was under utilized. Rests of the input variables were over utilized. No farm from different categories size groups of farms of vegetable growers found using the resources efficiently.

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: This study aimed to define the comparative economics of Kharif and summer paddy production in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh. The four villages were selected from two blocks namely, Rudri and Hatkeshar from Dhamtari block, Silouti and Joratrai from Kurud block to collect the required information on comparative economics of Kharif and summer production of paddy crop. The study is confined to paddy crop which is the major field crop of Chhattisgarh and it is popularly known as the "Rice bowl of India". The growers were classified as marginal (0-1.0 ha), small (1.1 < 2.0 ha), medium (2.1 < 4.0 ha) and large farmers (above 4 ha). The average cost of production per quintal of Kharif paddy was worked out to Rs. 581.61 and summer paddy was Rs. 497.93. The input-output ratio of Kharif paddy was worked out to 1:2.87 and for summer paddy was 1:2.55. The results of this study portray an encouraging picture of the current state of paddy production at farm level. A positive association between adoption rates of improved inputs and profitability of the new paddy technology was evident. High rate of adoption of HYVs of paddy was mainly due to the irrigation facilities and farmers willingness to increase the per unit productivity of land resources.

The study aims to estimate the processing cost of cashew nut in Bastar district and Bastar plateau (C.G. State, India). Cashew nut (Anacardium occidental L.) is a tropical tree crop of much importance. The cashew tree is a low spreading evergreen. The mature tree has a prominent tap root system with extensive network of lateral roots. It starts flowering in 3 to 5 years. Cashew is grown in India,