Growth Rate and Resource Use Efficiency of Sugarcane Crop in South Gujarat Region of Gujarat

This paper attempts to measure the growth rate of sugarcane and resources use efficiency in production of sugarcane crop in South Gujarat region of Gujarat state. The time series data for growth rate of area, production and productivity were taken from 198889 to 2010–11. For the production cost and resource use efficiency, the study was conducted on 240 farmers during the year 2013–14. The decision and choice of crops to be grown on a farm and the area to be allocated under a crop depends to a large extent on the prices of output, productivity level, technology available and the level and prices of inputs used in their production. The knowledge of input use, cost structure and returns from the cultivation of crops helps in formulating the policies at macro and micro levels. Such knowledge is more useful for crops taken mainly for the market viz. the cash crops, spices crops, fruits, vegetables and other high value crops. So, growth rate of area, production and productivity, the cost of production and resource use efficiency of sugarcane crop have been studied in this chapter.