Resource use efficiency of wheat producation in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to examine the resources use efficiency of wheat production in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. Cobb-Douglas production function model has been fitted to work out the efficiency of various factors employed in the production process. The study covered three villages of Tikamgarh district and 75 sample farmers (25 from each village) were interviewed from three villages of Tikamgarh block of Tikamgarh district (M.P.) Data was analyzed and revealed that the average net cultivated area was found 5.45 hectare per farm and Wheat occupied 2.82 hectare area per farm in rabi season. The data portrays that on an average cost of cultivation per hectare of wheat crop was found to Rs.18817 (Cost A1), Rs.18928 (Cost B1), Rs.23928 (Cost B2) respectively and the overall gross income (main product + by product) of this crop was found to Rs.49488 per hectare.