Vol. 3 (1) : January-February 2012 issue
Green Farming Vol. 3 (1) : 42-44 (January-February, 2012)
An economic analysis of organic rice cultivation
D. NAGARAJ1 and B. CHINNAPPA2
Dept. of Agril. Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore - 560 065 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1P.G. Student *(nagarajd54@gmail.com), 2Professor
Subject : Agriculture Economics, Agri-Business, Marketing & Statistics, Farm Management
Paper No. :
Total Pages : 3
Received : 13 September 2011
Revised accepted : 16 December 2011
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Citation :
D. NAGARAJ and B. CHINNAPPA. 2012. An economic analysis of organic rice cultivation. Green Farming Vol. 3 (1) : 42-44 ; January-February, 2012
ABSTRACT
The present investigation was undertaken in Shimoga district of Karnataka. The study is based on primary data obtained from 80 farmers; 40 each of organic and conventional farmers. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The cost of cultivation of organic rice was marginally lower at ` 10,158 than conventional rice cultivation (Rs. 11,564). Locally
available organic sources of nutrients such as FYM, other organic manures including sheep and goat manure were used
abundantly. Indiscriminate use of fertilizers and plant protection chemicals was noticed in conventional farming leading to
marginal increase in cost of cultivation. The yield of organic rice was 18.23 q while that conventional rice was 17.48. This
clearly suggested that organic rice farmers could obtain higher productivity using low cost organic rice technologies. This is an important message that needs to be disseminated to farming community to convince about potential benefits of organic rice.
Key words :
Economic analysis, organic rice, partial budgeting, resource use.
