International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics

P. Muthupandi ¹, C. Sekhar ¹, A. Anitha Pauline ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology (CARDS), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN

Abstract

The chilli being the Universal spice, the entry of number of traders into the trading activities both in domestic as well as export market is widening. The secret of increase in the number of traders and exporters is to gain higher foreign exchange through export when compared to the local market sale of red chilli. While entering into the export trade, even though the traders were in possession of import-export code, they depend some of the export houses for hassle free export besides meeting the local needs. While exporting certain products, the traders could come across certain common barriers which hinders their trade either directly or indirectly. The traders perception on the common barriers were obtained from the sample traders based on the finalized statements which was adjudged by the experts in the social sciences were provided with scores which ranges from ‘01’ to ‘05’ following a five point continuum of likert scale. Among the ten common barriers to trade identified, the perception of the traders were centered around 4.04 mean score for the sanitary and phyto sanitary issues highlighted that this issue becomes a big barrier to the traders followed by Government regulations, import quota and the certification requirements were also equally contributing as a barrier to the traders which was confirmed from their respective mean scores ranging between 3.6 to 4.0. From that one could prioritize the barrier which is found to be common among the traders and one could take appropriate effort to solve the problems that emanate from the barriers.

Keywords

Perception of Traders, Common Barriers to Trade, Hidden Barriers to Trade, Scaling Techniques, Likert Scaling Technique.

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N. Vinayagamoorthi ¹, C. Sekhar ², N. Venkatesa Palanichamy ¹, M. Sivakumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN

Abstract

The study was carried out in Central Tamil Nadu focusing Tiruchirappalli district wherein banana cultivation was carried out in a larger scale. Anthanallur, Lalgudi and Thottiam were the study areas in which 300 farm households who are cultivating different varieties of banana were sampled following a three stage random sampling technique. Four principal varieties of banana were cultivated in the study area. They were Yelakki, Nendran, Poovan and Rasthali. When comparing the gross return generated by different varieties, Yelakki, Rasthali and Nendran were the promising varieties capable of providing more than six lakhs as gross income and the net return per ha was arrived at only 2.50 lakhs leaving the returns per rupee of investment to the tune of only 1.56. Higher cost involvement was mainly due to the non-practice of modern technologies at field and hence, poor productivity was also visualized. Among different varieties of banana, the Poovan variety was found to generate lesser return and hence the value addition aspects need to be explored to enhance the production and productivity of Poovan variety of banana.

Keywords

Varieties of Banana, Economic Appraisal, Costs and Returns, Banana Economy.

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N. Vinayagamoorthi ¹, C. Sekhar ², N. Venkatesa Palanichamy ¹, K. Harishankar ², P. Balaji ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural and Rural Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore (T.N.), IN

Abstract

Among the major banana producing states, Tamil Nadu is the pioneer state in production of banana and its productivity is found to be very low when compared to the Gujarat and Maharashtra. In this respect, to assess the reasons for poor productivity of banana, a research study was undertaken with the principal objective of assessing the costs and returns and the technical efficiency of banana production in the Central Tamil Nadu. The resource use efficiency analysis indicated that the inputs like human labour, suckers, manure, weedicide, pesticide and nitrogen were found to be statistically significant across all varieties of banana and hence, these are contributive to yield of banana. When one could examine the actual productivity of banana in Tiruchirappalli district, the farmers could realize very low level of productivity because of non-practice of modern technology like precision farming approaches. In this respect, the farmers should be taken to the states like Gujarat and Maharashtra for an exposure visit to learn the modern techniques of raising banana plantations to realize higher productivity.

Keywords

Resource Use Efficiency, Technical Efficiency, Production of Banana, Marketing Efficiency, Price Spread.

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