Resource use efficiency in okra in Meerut district of Western Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

Fruits and vegetables account for nearly 90% of total horticulture production in the country. India is the largest producer of okra in the world next to China with area, production and productivity of 509 thousand hectare, 6095 million tonnes and 120 mt/ha. On the basis of primary data to know resource use efficiency of okra cultivation. The purposive sampling was used to select districts and villages on the basis of highest area under these crops random sampling technique was used to select the 100 farmers and categorized under marginal small and medium farmers. Cobb-Douglas production function, elasticity of production and return to scale were analysed in this study and coefficient of multiple determinations (R2) on marginal, small and medium size group of farms accounted for 0.93254, 0.88651 and 0.81054, respectively, returns to scale on marginal, small and medium farms were analysed and observed to be 0.89247. 0.91587 and 0.87624, respectively, marginal value productivities are positive and more than unity in case of human labour, seed and plant protection.