Agricultural Economics Research Review
Year : 2012, Volume : 25, Issue : conf
First page : ( 542) Last page : ( 542)
Print ISSN : 0971-3441. Online ISSN : 0974-0279.

Structural Changes in Rice Cultivation in Tamil Nadu: Resurvey Approach

Paramasivam R., Raj S. Varadha, Shanmugam T.R., Chinnadurai M.

Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-600 003, Tamil Nadu

Online published on 9 October, 2012.

Abstract

To capture changes and efficiency in rice cultivation, the study has been conducted in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu with the objectives of estimating the input and output changes in rice cultivation and measuring the technical efficiency of rice production. The total sample size of 70 was of the same farmers who were surveyed in 2001–02. The cost of cultivation of rice has been increased from 30,529/ha in 2001 to 44,500/ha in 2011. The cost of production has also been found to be higher in 2011 ( 985/q) than in 2001 ( 675/q). The realized yield in the sample area was nearly 46 quintals in 2011 and 45 quintals in 2001. The average technical efficiency of rice farmers has also enhanced from 77.98 per cent in 2001 to 88.77 per cent in 2011. This implies that an increase in production is possible with the existing technology and input-use levels by nearly 12 per cent if the technical inefficiency is completely removed. The technical efficiency of rice farmers can be minimized by input-saving technologies like farm mechanization, application of optimum dose of input-use and site-specific consumer preferred high-yielding varieties of hybrids in order to augment rice production and productivity to get the higher net farm income and attain food security.

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Keywords

Rice, cost of cultivation, input and output changes, technical efficiency, rice, Tamil Nadu.

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