Laser Land Levelling: A Way Forwards towards Resource Conservation in Paddy –Wheat Cropping Patterns in Haryana Kumar Dinesh1,*, Bishnoi Dalip Kumar2, Kumar Mandeep3, Malik Anil Kumar4 1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, India 2Assistant Scientist, Department of Agricultural Economics, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, India 3M.Sc. Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, India 4Senior Research Fellow, Department of Extension Education, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana, India *Corresponding author: thesupremenature@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4883-1159)
Online Published on 09 September, 2022. Abstract Main objective of study was comparative analysis of Laser Land Levelling (LLL) vis-a-vis Conventional Land Levelling (CLL) in terms of resource use efficiency. Regression analysis along with economic concept of marginal value productivity (MVP) and marginal factor cost (MFC) were used to analyse resource use. Six variables were used to regress yield. The results of the study revealed that highest resource use efficiency were obtained in case of seed, while it was observed lowest in case fertilizers under laser land levelling (LLL) in paddy. Whereas, under conventional land levelling (CLL), highest resource use efficiency was found to be in case of labour while least resource use efficiency was obtained in irrigation. Similarly, in case of wheat highest and lowest resource use efficiency under laser land levelling technology were observed in inputs viz: seed and plant protection chemicals, respectively while under conventional land levelling it was for inputs like labour and seed respectively Hence study highlighted the strength of resource conservation potential of laser land levelling technology. Two variables i e. irrigation and fertilizer impacted significantly with the adoption of laser land levelling, validated the outcomes of study by difference between MVP and MFC for these two particular inputs were found to be positive and close to zero indicated effiiient utilizations of these resources. Hence, it is suggested that adoption of laser land levelling should be promoted on wider scale to tap its resource conservation potential. Highlights Study has evaluated and compared resource use efficiency under laser land levelling and conventional land levelling in paddy-wheat crop rotation.
Top Keywords Scale neutral, Resource use efficiency, Marginal value productivity, Marginal factor cost, Regression analysis. Top |