Resource Productivity, Return to Scale and Resource Use Efficiency in Rice (Paddy) Farms: A Study in Cuttack District, Odisha

To mark rice production lucrative it is dominant to control the price tag of inputs. Sometime the available resources are over utilized or underutilized results lowering the productivity. It is a great worry for a state like Odisha where the real income of farmer is very low. The efficient use of resources through proper allocation and control not only increase the productivity but also cost-effectiveness of the farms. Since paddy is most important crop in Cuttack district of Odisha and in all the three villages under study, an effort has been made to estimate resource productivity, return to scale and resource use efficiency so as to suggest for productivity improvement through adjustment of substantial resources.