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 |
Cotton is the king of fiber, usually called White gold and is considered to be an industrial commodity of worldwide importance. Contract farming can be understood as a firm lending “inputs” such as seed, fertilizer, credit or extension to a farmer in exchange for exclusive purchasing rights over the specified crop. The objectives of the study is (1) to analyse the resource use efficiency of cotton production on contract and non-contract farming situation and (2) to study the problems faced by the contract farmers and non-contract farmers in the study area. Kallakurichi district was purposively selected for the present study since it occupied the large position in area and production of Cotton and this district has black soil which is suitable for cotton production. The R2 value of 0.77 indicates that about 77% of the variation in cotton yield by contract farming was influenced by the explanatory variables and the R2 value of 0.94 indicates that about 94% of the variation in cotton yield by contract farming is influenced by the explanatory variables included in the model. High rate of input cost was ranked first with of 95%, followed by lack of credit facility for production, frequent power cuts, farmers facing difficulty in meeting the quality requirements (70%). The constraints in non-contract farming method of Cotton cultivation were Low quality input of seeds, pesticides, fertilizers etc., and Price volatility and an uncertain market (91.66%) together ranking first followed by other constraints.
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