An Evaluation of the Use of Drills and Transplanted Paddy Cultivation Techniques in Bhandara District of Maharashtra, India
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2023-11
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Ms. M. B. Mondal
Abstract
In order to compare the costs, savings, and returns for the drill and transplanted methods of paddy cultivation, the current study, was conducted as a Research Review Committee Project in the Bhandara district of Nagpur division in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. The method utilized was an exploratory social research design. Using the purposive population sampling technique method, a total of 72 sample paddy-growing beneficiary farmers from KVK, Sakoli Dist. Bhandara were chosen, and they were interrogated using a structured interview schedule. As a result, this study was limited to a sample of 72 paddy growers who were cultivating their paddy crops using both the transplanted and drill paddy methods. Findings of present study revealed that majority of the paddy growers were young with high education level, possessed small and marginal type of land holding with annul income in the range of Rs.75001/- to 1,50,000/-, medium level of scientific orientation,economic motivation,innovativeness respectively and favourable attitude towards to drill paddy technology. Further the findings of the study revealed that the highest gross returns received to farmers adopting were Rs. 85807.50/- and 81000.80/- per ha for transplanted and drill paddy cultivation methods respectively. The highest net returns at Cost A realized by the paddy farmers adopting drill paddy method of cultivation i.e. Rs.54738.28 per hectare. The highest benefit cost ratio (BC ratio) was released by the farmers adopting drill method of paddy cultivation at Cost A, Cost B and Cost C respectively.
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Traditional puddle transplanted rice, drilled paddy, transplanted paddy, economic comparison, benefit cost ratio
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Parshuramkar SG, Nandeshwar BC, Kausadikar PH, Nemade DK.. An Evaluation of the Use of Drills and Transplanted Paddy Cultivation Techniques in Bhandara District of Maharashtra, India . International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 2023 Nov; 13(11): 2200-2208