Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Vrashabh Gouraj, Dr. VK Choudhary and Prafful K Katre

Abstract:
The study was undertaken to assess the resource-use efficiency of sugarcane producers in Belagavi district, Karnataka. The primary data were collected from sugarcane farmers’ personal interview. Cobb-Douglas production function is used to estimate the resource use efficiency. The value of Coefficient of Multiple Determination (R²) was found to be 0.98 indicating 98% of variation in sugarcane yield. The coefficient elasticities for human labour, machine labour, planting material, manures & fertilizers and plant protection chemicals were found to be positive, but only human labour, machine labour and planting material were found to be significant. The comparison of marginal value productivity of resources with heir acquisition cost shows that increase in expenditure on human labour, machine labour and planting material would increase the gross income from sugarcane indicating these resources are underutilized and statistically only planting material was significant.