A Study on resource use efficiency of banana production in Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Banana is the most important fruit crop in India which requires the various cultivation practices. For carrying out those cultivation practices various energies are required to meet sustainable production. The main aim of this study was to find out the resource use efficiency estimation for banana production in Erode District of Tamil Nadu. Primary data was collected from 100 sample farmers using well structured interview schedule. The empirical results shows that except human labour, nitrogen, phosphorus and diesel remaining all other variables included in the model were positive and human labour, machine labour, nitrogen, potassium, FYM, plant protection chemicals, irrigation water, sucker and electricity were significant among other variables. Subsequently, increase in 1% use of inputs such as machine labour, potassium, electricity, sucker and plant protection chemicals would increase the yield of banana 0.15 per cent, 0.20 per cent, 0.02 per cent, 0.01 per cent and 0.01 per cent respectively and 79 per cent of the variations in banana yield were influenced by the explanatory variables. Likewise price fluctuation plays a major constraint among the banana farmers. This study suggested the banana farmers to use more amount of potassium and to reduce the usage of human labour and as well as nitrogen fertilizer for sustainable use of resources.

Resource use efficiency of milk production among different types of dairy farms in Kerala

“…Similar works on resource use efficiency of milk were conducted in different parts of the country showing both supporting and contrary results. Kumar and Singh (2004) conducted a study in Tamil Nadu and found that in crossbred cows, the spending on feed factors like concentrate and dry roughage significantly affect the returns from the enterprise, whereas expenditure on green fodder was non-significant. They also concluded that MVPs of dry fodder and concentrates were significantly more than unity, indicating their underutilisation, while green fodder and labour were non significantly different from unity, indicating their optimal use.…”