Resource use efficiency for sugarcane production in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra

Abstract

Farm credit is a strategic input. Kisan Credit Card (KCC) aims at providing timely and adequate credit to the farmers in a cost effective and flexible manner. In addition to credit for crop production, the scheme provides credit for ancillary activities. The scheme is being implemented in the country by all the banks from the year 1998-99. The present study was undertaken with an objective to analyse the resource use efficiency in production of Sugarcane. The study used primary data on all variables like labour, seeds, fertilizer, irrigation ,bullock, machinery and insecticide from randomly selected 60 KCC and 60 non-KCC sample farmers. The data pertained to the crop year 2010-11. The return to scale for KCC and non KCC are 0.941953 and 0.938838, respectively.