1Subject Matter Specialist (Agril. Economics), KVK, Sivasagar, Assam Agricultural University, Rodoi (Sivasagar), Assam
2Professors (Retired), Department of Economics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, (Assam)
3Assistant Professor, Department of Agril. Economics and Farm Management, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13
Online published on 26 March, 2021.
The study was conducted in Nagaon district of Assam to examine the resource productivity and resource use efficiency in banana production. Results of the ordinary least square (OLS) estimates of the parameters for the sampled banana farms showed that net income of banana was positively related to expenditure on seedlings, fertilizer, labour and plant protection chemical, but was negatively related to expenditure on manure in small farms and miscellaneous expenditure in medium farms. The net income increased with increased expenditure on seedlings, fertilizer, labour and plant protection chemical, but de-creased with increased expenditure on manure in small farms and miscellaneous expenditure in medium farms. For banana cultivation in marginal, small and medium farms returns to scale was found 0.75, 0.69 and 0.40 which means that the production function exhibited decreasing returns to scale in all the farm sizes. But it was not found significant in all the farm sizes.
Banana cultivation, Resource use efficiency, Resource productivity, Return to scale
