Agricultural Economics Research Review
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue: conf

Gross economic efficiency of water use in agriculture and water-saving farm plans for Punjab

  • Author:
  • Ankush Kumar1, Smita Sirohi1,2,, Divya Pandey1, Rapolu Harika Devi1, Bishwa Bhaskar Choudhary3
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 43 to 53

1Division of Dairy Economics, Statistics and Management, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, Haryana, India

2Embassy of India to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU, Brussels, 1050

3Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India

*Corresponding author: smitasirohi@yahoo.com

JEL classification D61, Q18, Q25

Abstract

The present study attempts to estimate the gross economic efficiency (GEE) of the paddy-wheat-milk production system in Punjab and work out the water use-efficient combination of crops and dairy enterprises. The study is based on secondary data from published and unpublished sources. The GEE of water use in paddy-wheat-milk production ranged from Rs. 22.47 per cubic metre (m3) to Rs. 60.46 per m3. The study revealed that diversifying the irrigated area under cereal crop towards green fodder crops can improve the output value and the efficiency of groundwater use.

Keywords

Paddy-wheat-milk system, water use efficiency, Punjab