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 study analysed the economics rice seed cultivation in Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri districts in Terai zone of West Bengal. The study has determined the costs, profitability, resource use efficiency, marketing and constraints of rice seed cultivation. The multistage sampling technique was used to select 90 rice seed growers. The study revealed that TVC of cultivation (₹/acre) was found ₹22016.60 and ₹20758.31 respectively for seed and conventional production. The net return in seed production was ₹8622.55/acre with input-output ratio of 1:1.29. The overall contribution of different resources in variation of income found 53% (R2 = 53.28). The factors viz. seed, chemical and irrigation revealed significant at 5% level. The calculated MVP and RUE were found positive for all resources viz. seed, organic fertilizer, Inorganic fertilizer, argo-chemical and irrigation except human labour. In respect of marketing, producer’s share in consumer rupee found only 30 to 40 %. Garret’s ranking showed that low price of output, shortage of labour, high price of input, weed infestation and availability of credit were the major problem in seed production. The study suggested that production potential of rice seed at the farmers level is to be enhanced with adequate infrastructure, guidance and training facility.
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