Resource use Efficiency of Tomato in South Gujarat

The present study explored the resource use efficiency in tomato production in South Gujarat. The study is based on a sample of 120 farmers cultivating tomato crops in 3 major districts of South Gujarat. The Cobb-Douglas (CD) production was employed for the estimation of resource use efficiency. Analysis indicated the existing variation of the production elasticity of resource inputs among the tomato crops. The study revealed that the human labour charge, fertilizer cost, and machinery charges were the important resource variables positively and significantly influencing the crop output. The MVP factor cost ratio was found more than unity in case of the area under tomato cultivation.