Agricultural Economics Research Review

UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 1995
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

“Impact of credit on cropping pattern and cropping intensity on farms in unirrigated and irrigated villages in Bijapur district of Karnataka-an applicanon of linear programming technique”

  • Author:
  • Rajendra S. Poddar1, H.S. Vijaya Kumar2, H.G. Shankara Murthy3, T.N. Venkatesh Murthy4
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 29 to 42

1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Dharwad.

2 Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Dharwad.

3 Department ofAgricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Dharwad.

4 University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.

Abstract

Cropping pattern and cropping intensity, inter alia, are the important factors that influence the farm profits: Studies in the past attempted to evaluate the impact of new farm technology on these two variables. However, the adoption of new technology is itself affected of the availability of credit. Hence, an assessment of impact of credit on cropping pattern and cropping intensity assumes great significance.

The present study probes into the impact of credit on the farms unirrigated and irrigated villages. For this purpoge, a sample of 120 fanners representing small and large categories were selected. The data pertained to 1987–88. Linear programming technique was used for analyis of the data.

The findings revealed that the optimization of resource use with existiing and improved teclnologies led to cultivation of a few but more profitable crops in the new cropping patterns. The cropping intensity in different plans showed all increasing trend from the existing cropping pattern through the optimum plan with existing technology to the optimum plan with impruved technology. These changes were possible because of supply of liberal credit through relaxation of capital constraint. This calls for improvements in farmer's accessibility to the liberal credit and input supplies.