Agricultural Economics Research Review
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue: conf

Impact of custom hiring centres on farm profitability -some evidences from Tamil Nadu

1Department of Agricultural Economics, Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies (CARDS), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641 003, India

2Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625 104, India

3Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies (CARDS), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641 003, India

*Corresponding author: bharathipalanivel467@gmail.com

Online published on 24 March, 2023.

Abstract

Custom Hiring Centres (CHC) are the trending institutional developments to boost the net income of the farmers. The study compares cost of cultivation, profitability and efficiency for farmers who availed machinery services from Government CHC and private individual farmers. The results indicated cost saving and higher yield for those availing machinery services from Government CHCs.

Keywords

Custom hiring centres, Profitability, Farm mechanisation, Technical efficiency