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Vikram Yogi ¹, Amit Kar ², Sidharth Bhardwaj ², Vinay Mehala ³

Affiliations
1 Division of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, NEW DELHI, IN
2 Division of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, NEW DELHI, IN
3 Departments of Agricultural Economics, C.C.S. Haryana Agricultural University, HISAR (HARYANA), IN

Abstract

The study has compared the economics of wheat production in Haryana in zero tillage with zero seed drill machine and Turbo seeder methods. The study indicates the net income has been found higher in Turbo seeder method, mainly due to lower cost of production compared to that in Zero seed drill method. The study has observed that ZT with turbo seeder technology has potential to provide additional income to farmers and help in conservation of scarce resources. The benefit cost ratio had been worked out and it was found to be 2.02 for zero seed drill and 2.21 for the turbo seeder tillage method of wheat cultivation, which shows that turbo seeder method of wheat cultivation is economically feasible. Despite several advantages, adoption of turbo seeder technology has been limited and one major constraint identified is the difficulty in accessing a Turbo seeder machine during sowing period. The study has suggested that ZT with turbo seeder technology should be disseminated on a wider scale and availability of turbo seeder should be ensured at least through custom-hiring basis on timely.

Keywords

Zero Tillage, Zero Seed Drill, Turbo Seeder.

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Vikram Yogi ¹, Rishabh Kumar ², Ravindra ²

Affiliations
1 Division of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, NEW DELHI, IN
2 Division of Agricultural Economics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, NEW DELHI, IN

Abstract

Indian economy is mainly agro based but the economic reforms in the early nineties did not have any direct recommendations for agricultural sector. Sugarcane is one of the widely grown crop in India and India is second largest for sugar in the world. India's sugar policy significantly affects the sugar economy at the world level. Contrastingly, after liberalisation the sugar industry showed lower growth rate which may be due to technological, managerial and economical inefficiencies at farm as well as policy making levels. These are needed to be corrected based on the various expert committees' recommendations. The instability in area under sugarcane area and production was found low due adequate availability of irrigation in major states unlike other states. The pending arrears by mills are also responsible instability in production.

Keywords

Sugar, Sugarcane, Growth rate, Liberalisation, Instability.

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Sushil Kumar ¹, Rashmi Singh ¹, Vikram Yogi ¹

Affiliations
1 Division of Agricultural Extension, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

This research was aimed at assessing the effectiveness of marketing services. The study was conducted in Faridabad from Haryana, Hapur from Uttar Pradesh and North-West Delhi from Delhi selected purposively to explore the marketing extension system as they adequately represent the periurban agriculture. 90 farmers, 30 rice, wheat and tomato grower farmers from each district were selected to constitute the total sample size. Interview schedule were used in eliciting information from the farmers. Effectiveness were analysed using indicators specifically marketable surplus, producer share in consumer prices, middlemen share in consumer prices, marketing cost, marketing margin, price spread and marketing efficiency using Shepherd’s equation. The study found that marketing cost is high when more intermediaries are involved in marketing of produce. Producer’s share in consumer’s price is high when produce is directly sold to consumer by producer. Marketing efficiency of cereals is high than vegetable crop because of heavy transport and post harvest losses occur in vegetables.

Keywords

Marketing Effectiveness, Price Spread, Marketing Margin.

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