USHA NANDHINI.S, ALAGUMANI T., SHIBI SEBASTIAN
Abstract
Rice - the most important food crop for human consumption is the staple food for nearly half of the world population. The highest productivity level of 4,912 kg/ha was in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu and the lowest of 283 Kg/ha in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan. The area under Rice is 22.36 lakh ha in Tamilnadu, which is one of the leading rice growing states in India. . Now-a-days most of the cultivable lands are kept fallow due to scarcity of inputs and scanty rainfall and majority of the population were living under poverty condition. To overcome instability in the income of the farmers, appropriate farming systems needs to be developed.
Key words:
Resource use efficiency, Cost and Returns, Cobb-douglas production function.