Determination of Farm level Technical Efficiency and Yield Gap of Paddy Production in Andhra Pradesh, India: An Empirical Approach | Chapter 6 | Emerging Issues in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 9

 This stage evaluates the farm level technical adeptness and yield gap of paddy production in Andhra Pradesh, India. Farm adeptness is a broad area, that can be examined by equating the economic effectiveness of various types of farm groups (small, medium and big), or farming arrangements (irrigated and non-irrigated) or ecological zones. The study secondhand the latest available dossier for the year 2016-17 accompanying an objective to calculate the technical effectiveness and yield gap. For manipulative technical adeptness Data Envelopment Analysis technique was employed.The subordinate data set held 541 paddy producing farms/units across Andhra Pradesh state under five agro important zones viz North marshy, Godavari, Krishna, Southern and Scarce rainfall zones was studied. The results granted that the overall technical adeptness of the entire sample is 86.8 per insignificant value inferring that about 13 per cent of the potential paddy yield is missing because of mechanics inefficiency in Andhra Pradesh. The level of technical effectiveness is directly had connection with the agro climatic zones of Andhra Pradesh. Among different agro important zones technical adeptness is found maximal in Godavari zone with 0.883 and erect lowest in scant rainfall zone (0.808). Technical adeptness varies in accordance with farm size. It shows the borderline farmers are slightly more mechanics efficient than wheeled vehicle for hauling-medium and medium farmers. The technical adeptness varies in accordance with farm size .Farm-size reasonable technical effectiveness of paddy in Andhra Pradesh.  The marginal farms are erect to be slightly more technically adept than semi-medium and medium farms. The yield break was found to be 981.10 kg/ha in Godavari district and a minimum yield gap of 335 kg/ha in North marshy zone with an average yield break of 663 kg/ha for Andhra Pradesh indicating household paddy production maybe significantly increased only by reconstructing farmers practices accompanying the current amount of resource they are using. In order to increase mechanics efficiency, volume building on the use of appropriate scientific information to capture the capital potential resource use adeptness with less cost, creative habits to cut waste, and dissemination of all appropriate farm knowledge material should be heartened.

Author(s) Details:

Paul K. S. R.,
Cost of Cultivation Scheme, Agricultural College, Bapatla, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, 522101, India.

Sunandini G. P.,
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, Telangana-500030, India.

ShakuntalaIrugu,
Cost of Cultivation Scheme, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Palem, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Nagarkurnool, Telangana-509215, India.

Suhasini K.,
Department of Agricultural Economics, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, Telangana-500030, India.

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