1Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur - 324 003, Rajasthan.
2Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
3National Rainfed Area Authority, National Agricultural Science Centre Complex, New Delhi - 110 012.
*Author for correspondence, E-mail: blgajja@cazri.res.in
The present paper is part of the study on “Impact of Shelterbelt in Arid Region of Western Rajasthan” conducted at Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Jaisalmer.
This paper has documented the impact of shelterbelt on agricultural returns by collecting primary data from 80 farmers each in shelterbelt and non-shelterbelt areas. To decompose the total change in net returns, separate production functions have been estimated for shelterbelt and non-shelterbelt farms. The study has revealed an increase of 430.8 per cent in net returns due to shelterbelt plantation, in which shelterbelt technology has contributed 399.4 per cent and increase in use of complementary inputs, 31.4 per cent. In the change of 399.4 per cent, shelterbelt has accounted for 305.6 per cent, i.e. shifting from non-shelterbelt to shelterbelt and remaining 93.8 per cent has been due to inputs used by non-shelterbelt, which might be due to improvement in soil health.
