National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The economics of sugarcane production, resources use efficiency and production constraints have been computed using primary data collected from 68 sugarcane growers on various aspects of costs and returns spread over two blocks in West-Champaran district of Bihar. The study were revealed that an average sugarcane cultivating farmers in the area spent 26.14 percent of the total cost on hired labour, 25.77 percent on seed, 19.11 percent on chemical fertilizers, 16.55 percent on machine power and 4.56 percent on plant protection chemicals respectively, realized a net return of Rs. 1,32, 413 per hectare. This might be due to the fact that the value of BCR had its maximum (3.41) only at the farm size of above two hectare. All the resource inputs were found significant at 1 % and 5% level of probability except human labour and tractor cost used indicating that these resources was being used at sub-optimal levels and there exists the possibility of enhancing the yield of sugarcane by increasing their use. The farmer’s field yields obtained were considerably lower (73.15 t/ha) than those recorded in the demonstration plots (92 t/ha) and research stations/farms (150 t/ha) respectively. The study was suggested that to bridge this gap the use of recommended level of inputs is most essential. Un-availability of labour during crucial period with (80.0) average score in garret’s ranking has been reported the major production constraints by the sugarcane growers. Therefore, the study was suggested that, the farmers should be motivated through visit to progressive farmers of field demonstrations, seminars and other communication means to optimal and sustainable use of resources inputs and improved variety of seeds to enhance the productivity of sugarcane in the state.
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