Agricultural sector plays a strategic role in the process of economic development of a country. It has already made a significant contribution to the economic prosperity of advanced countries and its role in the economic development of less developed countries is of vital importance. Self-sufficiency in food gives greater confidence and freedom to a country than in any other commodity. In India rice is the staple food and it is produced in Thanjavur district more than 58% of cultivable area. Famers adopt different methods to increase the production and to reduce cost of production in order to maximize the income in rice cultivation. This paper focus on discriminant analysis between conventional and SRI method of paddy cultivation in Thanjavur district.
Agriculture, conventional methods, SRI method, discriminant analysis
