Based on the field data, collected from nine villages in Assam Plains, this paper has examined the efficiency in utilization of cultivable land across two types of farmers, viz. pure farmers and mixed-income farmers. Pure farmers and mixed-income farmers have been found to differ in terms of various household characteristics. In terms of cropping pattern, mixed-income farmers have been found more rice growers than pure farmers. It has been found that pure farmers are more mechanized than mixed-income farmers in terms of irrigation operation, while there is no significant difference between them in case of mechanization of ploughing operation. Further, results of TOBIT regressions depict that the pure farmers cultivate more intensively than mixed income farmers. The extent of application of fertiliseris also more by pure farmers than mixed-income farmers. Thus, as a whole, it has been found that pure farmers utilize cultivable land somewhat more efficiently than mixed-income farmers in Assam.
Farmers, Tobit model, Assam
