Resource use efficiency in organic farming systems in Karnataka: an economic approach to optimal use of resources in organic agriculture.
Reddy S. V., Mundinamani S. M.
Author Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India.
International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences 10 : 457-463
Abstract : The efficiency measures have been developed to express technical or allocative efficiency in various farm enterprises and to relate these to the financial success. The present study aims to analyze the resource use efficiency using production function for organic farming systems I of Gadag district in Karnataka. The results revealed that the regression coefficients of all the resources were positive except for seed (-0.07), bio-pesticide (-0.05), green fodder (-1.51) and concentrates (-0.16). The variables included in the function explained 95 per cent variation in the dependent variable as indicated by value of coefficient of multiple determination (R2) was 0.95. In case of organic Farming System-III, The ratios of MVP to MFC were less than unity for biopesticide, organic manure and dry fodder showing that these resources were over utilized.