Vol. 12 No. 1
Resource use efficiency in rice cultivation in Manipur
Author(s): Y. S. SINGH AND B. BERA
Abstract: The present attempt is to examine the variation in resource use efficiency of rice in the two regions, namely hill and valley regions of Manipur resulting differential yield, using Cobb-Douglas production function approach during 2014-15. It reveals that the value of summation of coefficients is 0.91 implying constant return to scale in case of farmers of valley region whereas in case of hill region, the elasticities value is 0.65 indication decreasing return to scale.The ratios of marginal value products (MVP) to their respective marginal factor cost (MFC) discerns that there is overutilization of chemical fertilizers and seeds, and under utilization of plant chemical protection, machine labour and human labour in valley region whereas all the critical inputs taken into consideration are underutilised by the farmers of hill region excepting seeds which is to be reduced to optimise production of rice.
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