An electricity energy usage and energy subsidy in Punjab agriculture

Saran, S.; Kataria, Poonam; Kaur, Arjinder

doi:10.5958/j.2322-0430.9.3.001

Indi. Jour. of Econ. and Develop.

2013

DOI: 10.5958/j.2322-0430.9.3.001

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An electricity energy usage and energy subsidy in Punjab agriculture

S. Saran¹,

Poonam Kataria²,

Arjinder Kaur³

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“…In wheat-paddy rotation, paddy crop is more resource depleting than wheat crop and inefficiencies in its production are larger in the case of the small farmers (Kataria and Melkani 2014). Paddy crop is highly water intensive crop, as it consumes 3000 litres of water to produce one kilo of rice (Saran et al 2013). Thus, the sustainability of agriculture in state is under threat.…”

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Severity Analysis of Problems Faced by Maize Growers in Punjab

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Sidana²

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The area under maize crop has been consistently decreasing in the Punjab state over the last few decades, despite its multiple uses. Ineffective implementation of price policy along with certain problems, the maize growers could not earn remunerative returns form maize cultivation in the state. The present study was designed to highlight the various problems in the context of production and marketing front of maize crop in the Punjab state. The data with respect to various problems being faced by the maize growers were collected through well structured pre-tested schedule. The data recorded on scales and severity analysis was carried out by using mean rank score. Garret ranking technique was applied to extract the important problems that influence the maize cultivation in the Punjab state. The severity analysis indicated that among biotic constraints, the emergence of diseases (mean score=1.82) was reported as the most severe problem faced by the maize growers. Plant protection measures being adopted by the maize growers for effective control of insect, pest and management of diseases could increase the production cost of maize. Based on the value of mean score, shortage of labor supply during peak season (mean score=2.82) was the most important problems amongst abiotic problems, while the intensity of the problems like price variability, shortage of farm machinery was moderately high in the study area. Low price of the produce was exposed as the most influential problem by applying Likert scale. Shortage of labour supply during peak season, emergence of diseases, insect-pest attack and weeds infestation were exposed as moderately severe problems. Hence, the effective and suitable measures to address the highlighted problems of maize could provide impetus to increase maize acreage in the Punjab state. Highlights m Among different varieties of maize, the productivity of hybrid maize is at par with its competing crop, paddy, but still farmers are reluctant in growing maize, the second most important cereal crop of kharif season, due to a number of production and marketing constraints being faced by them. The study highlights the main obstacles faced by maize growers in Punjab state which comes in the way, though the crop is relatively less costly and moreover requires nearly one-fourth of water than its competing crop.

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Severity Analysis of Problems Faced by Maize Growers in Punjab

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Identifying resource-conscious and low-carbon agricultural development pathways through land use modelling

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Shirsath,

Aggarwal

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Severity Analysis of Problems Faced by Maize Growers in Punjab

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