Год выпуска: 2013 Автор: Sridhar V. and Amarnath Surendranath Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 232 ISBN: 9783659437175
Описание
In view of the economic importance of organic farming, the present study was taken up in Erode district. The net income per hectare of organic and inorganic turmeric was 160904.46 and 110691.67 respectively. The net income per hectare of organic and inorganic cotton was 78595.23 and 60928.50 respectively. The results of production function for organic turmeric revealed that farm yard manure, neem cake, jeevamirtham, vermicompost, panchakaviya and human labour contributed significant influence on yield of organic turmeric. The results of production function for organic cotton revealed that seeds, farm yard manure, neem cake, jeeva amirtham, vermicompost, panchakaviya and human labour contributed significant influence on yield of organic cotton. Five and three types of marketing channels for turmeric and cotton were identified in the study area and price spread were estimated for each of the marketing channels. The analysis revealed that the price spread for turmeric was lower...